2.4 ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
River Heads · Urban Centre
Family & Households in River Heads
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp drop in people living alone is the biggest change for River Heads, where only 19.1% of households are now single-person homes. This trend has shifted the area toward larger living arrangements, with the typical home now holding 2.4 people.
2.4
▲ +14.3%
- 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 River Heads — higher than 57% of areas.
| River Heads | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is much less common here than in most areas, falling 12 points since 2011 to reach 19.1%. This is well below the same figure for Queensland and Australia, while over half of all homes house exactly two people.
19.1% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In River Heads, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up nearly half of all families at 48.8%. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is a little below the Queensland figure and lower than most similar areas.
13.4% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In River Heads, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (38%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 River Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315084/river-heads/topic/family-households