1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Tin Can Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Tin Can Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of people in Tin Can Bay live alone, making it an area with very small households. This is far above the national figure, as the typical home here holds only 1.8 people. The town is shaped by a high number of single-person homes and couples without children.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Tin Can Bay — lower than 99% of areas.
| Tin Can Bay | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4580, QLD | 2.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are the norm here, with the typical home holding just 1.8 people, which is well below the national average. This trend has grown since 2011, and now 39.7% of residents live alone—a figure far above the Queensland average.
39.7% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 39.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Tin Can Bay, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (40%) and 3 people (6%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Tin Can Bay are couples without children, who make up 67.6% of the group. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, falling to 10.9% since 2011, which is well below the national figure.
10.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Tin Can Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 67%; Couples with children is next at 21%.
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 Tin Can Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315092/tin-can-bay/topic/family-households