2.8 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wyreema · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wyreema
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Wyreema than they did a decade ago, as the area has shifted toward larger households. This trend is reflected in the typical home now holding 2.8 people, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.8
▲ +16.7%
- 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 Wyreema — higher than 81% of areas.
| Wyreema | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home here holds 2.8 people, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits a little above the national and state figures. This is consistent with the fact that only 17.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
17.3% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wyreema, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.9% of families in Wyreema. One-parent families account for 16.4%, which is a little above the national figure and has fallen by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
16.4% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wyreema, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Wyreema [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315106/wyreema/topic/family-households