2.2 ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
El Arish · Urban Centre
Family & Households in El Arish
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes define daily life in El Arish, where the typical home now holds just 2.2 people. This is a significant shift from 2011, when homes were much more crowded with an average of 4.4 people.
2.2
▼ -50.0%
- 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 El Arish — lower than 64% of areas.
| El Arish | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4855, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 39% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has climbed steeply since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is now a little below the Queensland average.
39.0% ▲ +225.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →El Arish splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while 30.3% are couples without children. The proportion of one-parent families has fallen by 20 points since 2011 and now sits at 14.2%, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.2% ▼ -58.5%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In El Arish, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 El Arish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322039/el-arish/topic/family-households