2.5 ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aratula · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Aratula
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in Aratula than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, the area has seen a rise in household size since 2011. It is a place where family living is common, especially with couples and their children.
2.5
▲ +8.7%
- 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 Aratula — higher than 64% of areas.
| Aratula | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4309, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.5 people live in the typical home, which is higher than most similar areas. This is up from 2.3 people in 2011, and 42.9% of households consist of two people.
23.5% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Aratula, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here at 51.3%. One-parent families are much less common than in the rest of Queensland, and their share has fallen from 19.8% to 11.9% since 2011.
11.9% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aratula, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Aratula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321004/aratula/topic/family-households