1.8 ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Picnic Bay · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Picnic Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Picnic Bay are occupied by people living alone. This creates a community where small households are the norm, as the typical home holds just 1.8 people—far fewer than the national figure of 2.5.
1.8
▼ -18.2%
- 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 Picnic Bay — lower than 99% of areas.
| Picnic Bay | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4819, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 48% of residents live by themselves, a figure that rose 14 points since 2011. This explains why Picnic Bay has some of the lowest number of people per home in the region.
48.0% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Picnic Bay, the largest group is 1 person at 46%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 3 people (8%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has climbed 11 points since 2011, while couples without children remain the most common family type at 54.5%.
23.0% ▲ +95.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Picnic Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 23%.
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 Picnic Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322097/picnic-bay/topic/family-households