2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boulia · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Boulia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Boulia are occupied by just one person. This shift toward smaller households means the area has a much higher rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the state and country.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Boulia — lower than 57% of areas.
| Boulia | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4829, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here at 47.4%, a figure that rose 12 points since 2011. This trend has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 2.3, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
47.4% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 47.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boulia, the largest group is 1 person at 49%, followed by 2 people (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 40.5% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is one of the highest rates for similar areas and represents a 19 point increase since 2011.
40.5% ▲ +89.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Boulia splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (39%), with Couples without children 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 Boulia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322020/boulia/topic/family-households