2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walkerston · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Walkerston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 61.4% of families in Walkerston, making it a strong hub for family life. The area has a very low rate of people living alone and a typical household size that has edged up since 2011.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Walkerston — higher than 76% of areas.
| Walkerston | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4751, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Walkerston are larger than most areas, with 2.7 people per home. This is reflected in the low 18.1% of people living alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
18.1% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walkerston, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4% and lower than most similar areas. This proportion has fallen 6.2 percentage points since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walkerston, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Walkerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315096/walkerston/topic/family-households