1.2 ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 1.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fraser Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Fraser Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living together in Fraser Island (L) than in previous years. The number of people per home has dropped sharply since 2011, meaning the typical household is now much smaller than those seen across Queensland and Australia.
1.2
▼ -45.5%
- 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 Fraser Island — lower than 99% of areas.
| Fraser Island | 1.2 |
|---|---|
| 4581, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are very small, with just 1.2 people per dwelling, a figure far below the national average of 2.5. This is consistent with 29.9% of people living alone, which is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Household size
View on map →In Fraser Island, 1 person is the majority at 84%; 2 people is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the area, which is well above the Australian average. This figure has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Family composition
View on map →In Fraser Island, Couples without children is the majority at 100%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322047/fraser-island/topic/family-households