2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Proserpine · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Proserpine
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Proserpine than in most similar areas. This trend has grown significantly, with one-third of the community now living by themselves. While many homes still house couples with children, there is a notable increase in single-person households and one-parent families.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Proserpine — lower than 57% of areas.
| Proserpine | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4800, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Proserpine hold 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure. This decline since 2011 is driven by a rise in single-person households, which now make up 32.5% of the area—well above the Queensland average.
32.5% ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Proserpine splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.6% of the community, a figure well above the national average. Couples with children are the most common family type at 49.5%, while couples without children account for 27.7%.
21.6% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Proserpine, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Proserpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315081/proserpine/topic/family-households