2.8 ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakhurst · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Oakhurst
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Oakhurst compared to 2011, though the typical household remains larger than most. This area is dominated by families, with 60.5% of homes being couples with children.
2.8
▼ -17.6%
- 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 Oakhurst — higher than 81% of areas.
| Oakhurst | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the number of people per home has fallen since 2011 to 2.8, this is still a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 13.1% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.1% ▲ +158.5%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakhurst, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.5% of the area, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 60.5% having children and 29.9% without.
8.5% ▲ +44.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakhurst, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321080/oakhurst/topic/family-households