2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walloon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Walloon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Walloon than in most other areas, with an average of 2.9 residents per dwelling. This trend has grown since 2011, reflecting a community where large households are the norm and few people live by themselves.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 Walloon — higher than 86% of areas.
| Walloon | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4306, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.6% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6% and a big drop from 2011. The typical home is larger than those in most areas, with 33.4% of households containing two people and 16.5% holding four.
17.6% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walloon, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households here are families, with 61.1% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 14.8% of the total, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
14.8% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walloon, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Walloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315097/walloon/topic/family-households