2.2 ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walkamin · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Walkamin
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge surge in people living alone defines Walkamin, where this group now makes up 36% of all households. This shift has pushed the typical household size down to 2.2 people, which is lower than most other similar areas.
2.2
▼ -33.3%
- 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 Walkamin — lower than 64% of areas.
| Walkamin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4872, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, rising from just 4.3% in 2011 to 36% today. This helps explain why the typical home now holds only 2.2 people, a little below the national figure.
36.0% ▲ +727.0%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Walkamin splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the area, which is well above the Australian average. This figure has climbed 11 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 40.4%.
17.3% ▲ +194.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Walkamin splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Walkamin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322129/walkamin/topic/family-households