2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakey · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Oakey
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-parent families than most similar areas define the household makeup in Oakey. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the community has a distinctive mix of larger family units and a notable number of people living on their own.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Oakey — higher than 64% of areas.
| Oakey | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4401, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Oakey holds 2.5 people, a figure that has risen since 2011. About 28% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
28.0% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakey, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 24.3% of the total, a proportion far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure has risen by 4.5 points since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 49.1%.
24.3% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakey, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315076/oakey/topic/family-households