3.5 ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Erub (Darnley) Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Erub (Darnley) Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Erub (Darnley) Island are couples with children. This is a place where homes are typically very crowded, with an average of 3.5 people per dwelling. The number of people living in each home has climbed steadily since 2011.
3.5
▲ +16.7%
- 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 Erub (Darnley) Island — higher than 92% of areas.
| Erub (Darnley) Island | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living arrangements here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people per home, with 30% of households containing six or more people. While 26.3% of people live alone, this figure has risen by 11 percentage points over the last decade.
26.3% ▲ +73.9%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Erub (Darnley) Island splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (28%) and 1 person (24%), with 2 people at 23%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents head 34.7% of families, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of one-parent families rose by 25 percentage points since 2011.
34.7% ▲ +252.4%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Erub (Darnley) Island, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (35%) and Couples without children (11%).
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 Erub (Darnley) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322041/erub-island/topic/family-households