2.3 ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thangool · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Thangool
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Thangool (L) than in the rest of the state. While the typical home holds 2.3 people, the area sees a high number of people living on their own. These trends show a mix of small households and traditional family units.
2.3
▲ +21.1%
- 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 Thangool — lower than 57% of areas.
| Thangool | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4716, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.1% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The usual number of people per home has risen since 2011 to reach 2.3, which is slightly lower than the Queensland average.
31.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Thangool splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.9% of families, while couples without children account for 35.3%. Only 7% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
7.0% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thangool, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Thangool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322118/thangool/topic/family-households