2.3 ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oak Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Oak Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower proportion of people live alone in Oak Beach than in most similar areas. The community is mostly made up of couples, with 63.8% of families being couples without children.
2.3
▲ +15.0%
- 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 Oak Beach — lower than 57% of areas.
| Oak Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4877, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure and has risen since 2011. Only 20% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen by 19 percentage points over the last decade.
20.0% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oak Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 63.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.1%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the state and national figures.
13.1% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oak Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 65%; Couples with children is next at 22%.
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 Oak Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322094/oak-beach/topic/family-households