2.0 ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Proston · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Proston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Proston than in the typical Queensland home. This trend has grown rapidly since 2011, leading to a small typical household size of just two people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5 people per home.
2.0
▼ -16.7%
- 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 Proston — lower than 86% of areas.
| Proston | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4613, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 42.9% of the area, which is far above the 25.6% national average. This reflects a sharp 21 point rise since 2011 and explains why most homes have only one or two people in them.
42.9% ▲ +99.0%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Proston splits fairly evenly between 1 person (45%) and 2 people (41%), with 4 people at 5%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 45.9%, while couples with children make up 38.8%. One-parent families account for 14.1%, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average but has risen 8.4 points since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +148.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Proston, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322099/proston/topic/family-households