Nebo · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Nebo

How families and households are made up across the area.

Almost half of all families in Nebo are couples with children. This makes the family unit the core of the area, although a high number of people living alone contributes to a smaller typical household size than the national figure.

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📍 Nebo, Urban Centre

Where Nebo sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -4.3%
  • 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 Nebo — lower than 64% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nebo2.2
4742, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 34.7% of people in Nebo live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has 2.2 people, a little below the Queensland average of 2.5.

2.2 ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.7% ▼ -2.9%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 35.7%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 34.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Nebo splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 49.6% of families, while one-parent families account for 15.7%. This last figure is about the same as the Queensland average of 15.4% and has barely changed since 2011.

15.7% ▼ -1.8%

Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 15.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Nebo, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).

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 Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321077/nebo/topic/family-households