Bauple Forest · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Bauple Forest

How families and households are made up across the area.

A growing number of people living alone has shifted the home life in Bauple Forest since 2011. The area now sees far more single-person households than the national average, with the typical home holding only 1.8 people.

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📍 Bauple Forest, Urban Centre

Where Bauple Forest sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -10.0%
  • 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 Bauple Forest — lower than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bauple Forest1.8
4650, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person homes have risen to 38.4%, a figure far above the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here is much smaller than those in the rest of Queensland, falling from 2.0 to 1.8 people per household over the last decade.

1.8 ▼ -10.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.4% ▲ +21.5%

Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 31.6%
  • 2016: 33.6%
  • 2021: 38.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bauple Forest, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 40%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children are the most common family type at 66.2%. While one-parent families make up 14.2% of the area—roughly the same as the national figure—this represents a rise of 9.6 percentage points since 2011.

14.2% ▲ +211.4%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 15.3%
  • 2021: 14.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bauple Forest, Couples without children is the majority at 67%; Couples with children is next at 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 Bauple Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322010/bauple-forest/topic/family-households