2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ingham · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Ingham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 37% of people in Ingham live alone, which is far above the national figure. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why homes here generally hold fewer people than in other areas. It is a community where single-person households are now as common as two-person homes.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Ingham — lower than 71% of areas.
| Ingham | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4850, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This number has moved down since 2011, reflecting a rise in the number of people living by themselves.
37.0% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ingham splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.8%.
19.3% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ingham, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (19%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315044/ingham/topic/family-households