2.0 ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dirranbandi · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Dirranbandi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 43% of people in Dirranbandi live alone, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the area has much smaller households than most other parts of the state.
2.0
▼ -23.1%
- 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 Dirranbandi — lower than 86% of areas.
| Dirranbandi | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4486, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This trend has continued since 2011, as the share of people living alone rose 13 points to reach 42.8%.
42.8% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dirranbandi splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 4 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the community, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41%.
18.1% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dirranbandi, the largest group is Couples without children at 42%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Dirranbandi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322035/dirranbandi/topic/family-households