2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alligator Creek · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Alligator Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Alligator Creek than in most similar areas. This community is dominated by family groups, with nearly half of all households consisting of couples without children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Alligator Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
| Alligator Creek | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.6 people live in the typical home, a figure that has edged up since 2011. Only 12.1% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
12.1% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alligator Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (13%) and 1 person (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.5% of families here. One-parent families are very rare at 4.4%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
4.4% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alligator Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322001/alligator-creek/topic/family-households