3.0 ▲ +36.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horn Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Horn Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Horn Island (L), where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5. The area sees a mix of larger family groups and a significant number of people living on their own.
3.0
▲ +36.4%
- 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 Horn Island — higher than 87% of areas.
| Horn Island | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with the number of people per house rising from 2.2 in 2011 to 3.0. While 30.7% of people live alone—well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%—a large 12.7% of households contain six or more people.
30.7% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Horn Island, the largest group is 1 person at 31%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 2 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.0% of the total, which is far above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common group at 63.6%.
25.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horn Island, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Horn Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321053/horn-island/topic/family-households