2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 4.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Nelly Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Nelly Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Nelly Bay consist of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the area has far fewer people living in each house than the state or national figures. The typical home here is smaller and quieter than in most other similar areas.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Nelly Bay — lower than 86% of areas.
| Nelly Bay | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4819, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This trend has continued since 2011, with 34.5% of residents now living alone—a rate well above the national figure.
34.5% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Nelly Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 53.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.9% of the total, which is about the same as the Australian figure and has fallen since 2011.
13.9% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Nelly Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
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 Nelly Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315075/nelly-bay/topic/family-households