2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Mountain Heights · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Blue Mountain Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Blue Mountain Heights, where 54.1% of families fall into this category. This is a place where large households are the norm, with far fewer people living alone than in the rest of the country.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Blue Mountain Heights — higher than 81% of areas.
| Blue Mountain Heights | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.8 people live in each home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Only 9.6% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Mountain Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 3 people (15%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up just 8.1% of the total, which is well below the Queensland and national figures. This is a downward trend for the area, as the proportion of one-parent families fell 4.3 points since 2011.
8.1% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blue Mountain Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Blue Mountain Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321017/blue-mountain-heights/topic/family-households