1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boreen Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Boreen Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life in Boreen Point, where only 1.9 people live in the typical home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting an area where many residents live independently or in small pairs.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Boreen Point — lower than 93% of areas.
| Boreen Point | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4565, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 38% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011. Half of all households consist of just two people, which helps explain why the area has some of the lowest occupancy rates across the region.
38.0% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boreen Point, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 40%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples without children, making up 64.2% of the group. One-parent families account for 14.9%, which is about the same as the state and national figures, though this has fallen by 8.5 points since 2011.
14.9% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boreen Point, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 21%.
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 Boreen Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322019/boreen-point/topic/family-households