Haliday Bay - Ball Bay · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Haliday Bay - Ball Bay

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people share a home in Haliday Bay - Ball Bay than in most similar areas. The typical household here has just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This shift is partly due to a sharp rise in people living alone.

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📍 Haliday Bay - Ball Bay, Urban Centre

Where Haliday Bay - Ball Bay sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -31.0%
  • 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 Haliday Bay - Ball Bay — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Haliday Bay - Ball Bay2.0
4740, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Around 31.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and rose by 20 percentage points since 2011. More than half of all homes here are occupied by just two people.

2.0 ▼ -31.0%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.9% ▲ +171.3%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 25.6%
  • 2021: 31.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Haliday Bay - Ball Bay, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 31%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 7.4% of the area, which is among the lowest for this level and well below the national average of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 58.1% having no children.

7.4% ▼ -47.2%

Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 14.0%
  • 2016: 23.4%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Haliday Bay - Ball Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 59%; Couples with children is next at 34%.

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 Haliday Bay - Ball Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322054/haliday-bay-ball-bay/topic/family-households