2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bluewater · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bluewater
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Bluewater, where most homes hold more people than the national figure. This is a family-heavy area where 60.3% of households are couples with children, creating a community environment focused on larger living groups.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Bluewater — higher than 81% of areas.
| Bluewater | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas. While 20% of people live alone—well below the national figure—this is an increase of 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
20.0% ▲ +90.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bluewater, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.3%, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average.
11.3% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bluewater, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Bluewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321018/bluewater/topic/family-households