2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kuranda · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Kuranda
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Kuranda than a decade ago, with this group now making up 30.4% of all households. While household sizes have edged down since 2011, the area remains a mix of small single-person homes and larger family units.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Kuranda — higher than 57% of areas.
| Kuranda | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4881, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
30.4% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kuranda, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the community, which is well above the national figure, although this has fallen since 2011. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children, while 33.7% are couples without children.
17.3% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kuranda, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315049/kuranda/topic/family-households