2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alva Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Alva Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Alva Beach are lived in by couples without children. This is a small community where households are generally smaller than the national figure, and the number of people living alone has dropped since 2011.
2.1
→ 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 Alva Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Alva Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4807, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures. Over half of households contain two people, while those living alone make up 22.1% of the area.
22.1% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alva Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.1% of the community, a figure that is well below the state and national averages. Most families are couples, with 58.9% having no children and 32.3% having children.
8.1% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alva Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 59%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Alva Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322003/alva-beach/topic/family-households