3.4 ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hammond Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Hammond Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share a home on Hammond Island than in most similar areas. Large households are the norm here, with a typical home holding 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.4
▼ -5.6%
- 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 Hammond Island — higher than 91% of areas.
| Hammond Island | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.5% of homes have six or more people, which helps explain why the number of people living alone is much lower than most areas at 19.7%. This figure has edged down slightly since 2011.
19.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hammond Island splits fairly evenly between 3 people (20%) and 6 or more (19%), with 2 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, though one-parent families make up 24.2% of the total. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, despite falling by 3.9 points since 2011.
24.2% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hammond Island, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families is next at 24%.
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 Hammond Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322056/hammond-island/topic/family-households