3.6 ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 4.5
- 2021: 3.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Saibai Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Saibai Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of Saibai Island, where the number of people per household is among the highest for similar areas. This is a place of large households, with over a quarter of homes fitting six or more people.
3.6
▲ +28.6%
- 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 Saibai Island — higher than 93% of areas.
| Saibai Island | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home on Saibai Island holds 3.6 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This has risen from 2.8 in 2011, while the proportion of people living alone fell by 8.9 points to 23.4%.
23.4% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Saibai Island splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (24%) and 1 person (22%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 42.8% of the area, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 11 points since 2011, and is now one of the highest proportions for similar areas.
42.8% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Saibai Island, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 43%.
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 Saibai Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322102/saibai-island/topic/family-households