3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bluewater Park · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bluewater Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Bluewater Park than in most similar areas. This is a place where large households are the norm, with an average of 3.0 people per home. The neighbourhood is overwhelmingly made up of families, particularly couples with children.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Park — higher than 87% of areas.
| Bluewater Park | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4818, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than typical Australian households, with 3.0 people per home—a figure that has edged up since 2011. Only 12.8% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.8% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bluewater Park, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of the area at 60.9%. One-parent families account for 12.5% of the total, which is a little below the state and national figures and has fallen since 2011.
12.5% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bluewater Park, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; 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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321019/bluewater-park/topic/family-households