3.3 ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Badu Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Badu Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Badu Island, where people per home is among the highest for similar areas. The community is largely made up of families, with very few residents living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.3
▲ +26.9%
- 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 Badu Island — higher than 90% of areas.
| Badu Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure, with 3.3 people per home, up from 2.6 in 2011. This is far above the Queensland average of 2.5, and only 14.1% of residents live alone.
14.1% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Badu Island, the largest group is 2 people at 26%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 31.3% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 6.1% of families were headed by one parent.
31.3% ▲ +417.5%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Badu Island, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; One-parent families is next at 31%.
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 Badu Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321006/badu-island/topic/family-households