2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wonga Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wonga Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people in Wonga Beach live alone, a figure well above the national average. This contributes to a smaller typical household size for the area compared to most other places. Families and single-person homes make up the core of the local residential landscape.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Wonga Beach — lower than 64% of areas.
| Wonga Beach | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with 2.2 people per household, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 31.2% of residents live alone, though this is 2.9 percentage points lower than in 2011.
31.2% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wonga Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the area, which is higher than most other similar places and well above the national figure. While this is a little above the Queensland average, the proportion of single-parent homes has fallen 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
18.0% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wonga Beach, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Wonga Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321111/wonga-beach/topic/family-households