3.2 ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thursday Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Thursday Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
A typical home in Thursday Island holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community where large households are common and one-parent families are far more numerous than in the rest of Queensland.
3.2
▲ +23.1%
- 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 Thursday Island — higher than 89% of areas.
| Thursday Island | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the most crowded at this level, with the number of people per dwelling climbing from 2.6 in 2011 to 3.2 in 2021. This is mirrored by a fall in people living alone, who now make up 23.2% of households.
23.2% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Thursday Island splits fairly evenly between 2 people (24%) and 1 person (23%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 27.2% of families, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 15.4% and has risen nearly 10 points since 2011. Over half of all families are couples with children.
27.2% ▲ +56.7%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thursday Island, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Thursday Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315091/thursday-island/topic/family-households