3.4 ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pormpuraaw · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Pormpuraaw
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Pormpuraaw are couples with children. This community has some of the largest households in the country, with an average of 3.4 people per home, a figure that has climbed since 2011.
3.4
▲ +30.8%
- 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 Pormpuraaw — higher than 91% of areas.
| Pormpuraaw | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With typical homes holding 3.4 people, Pormpuraaw is well above the national figure of 2.5. This trend is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 13.7%, which is far below the Australian average.
13.7% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 6 or more (15%) and 1 person (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.3% of the total, a figure that has risen by 21 points since 2011. This is far above the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
29.3% ▲ +236.5%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Pormpuraaw, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (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 Pormpuraaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321086/pormpuraaw/topic/family-households