1.9 ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Poona · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Poona
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Poona (L), where the typical home holds just 1.9 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 and represents a clear shift toward smaller living arrangements since 2011.
1.9
▼ -20.8%
- 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 Poona — lower than 93% of areas.
| Poona | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes in Poona (L) house only two people (67.9%), while those living alone make up 26.1% of households. This last group has grown by 6 percentage points over the last decade, contributing to the area's very low average household size.
26.1% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Poona, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 1 person is next at 26%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the vast majority of families here at 80.4%. Only 9.3% of families are one-parent households, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
9.3% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Poona, Couples without children is the majority at 80%; Couples with children is next at 10%.
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 Poona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321085/poona/topic/family-households