2.8 ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black River · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Black River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Black River (L) than in most other areas, making it a place where most residents share their homes. This is reflected in the high number of children and couples living together, with the typical home now holding 2.8 people.
2.8
▲ +27.3%
- 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 Black River — higher than 81% of areas.
| Black River | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Black River (L) are more crowded than usual, with the typical number of people per home rising from 2.2 in 2011 to 2.8. Very few people live alone here—only 13.3%—which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
13.3% ▼ -62.3%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Black River, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, who make up 60.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 14.7%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
14.7% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Black River, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Black River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321014/black-river/topic/family-households