2.3 ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cunnamulla · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Cunnamulla
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge surge in people living alone defines the home life in Cunnamulla, with 37.2% of households now consisting of just one person. This is a sharp shift for the town, where the typical number of people per home has dropped from 3.6 to 2.3 since 2011.
2.3
▼ -36.1%
- 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 Cunnamulla — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cunnamulla | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4490, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, rising 35 points since 2011. This shift has left the usual home size slightly below the national figure, with 37.2% of households housing one person and 33.1% housing two.
37.2% ▲ +1366.8%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cunnamulla splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are among the highest for this type of area, making up 27.6% of families. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and represents a 26 point increase since 2011.
27.6% ▲ +1311.1%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cunnamulla, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (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 Cunnamulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321034/cunnamulla/topic/family-households