2.0 ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Seventeen Seventy · Urban Centre
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of residents in Seventeen Seventy live alone, which is far above the national figure. This trend has seen a sharp rise since 2011, leaving the area with a typical home size of just 2.0 people—well below the Queensland average.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Seventeen Seventy — lower than 86% of areas.
| Seventeen Seventy | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4677, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Around 35.7% of people here live by themselves, a figure that rose 13 points since 2011. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than most other areas.
2.0 ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
35.7% ▲ +59.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Seventeen Seventy, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (14%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 67.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families have fallen to 0.0%, a drop of 20 points since 2011 and far below the national rate of 14.1%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Seventeen Seventy, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Seventeen Seventy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322107/seventeen-seventy/topic/family-households