Wallumbilla · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Wallumbilla

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Wallumbilla than in most similar areas. This shift is clear in the data, as the number of one-person households has jumped from just 4.5% in 2011 to 34.9% today.

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📍 Wallumbilla, Urban Centre

Where Wallumbilla sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -34.4%
  • 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 Wallumbilla — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wallumbilla2.1
4428, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Wallumbilla are smaller than the state and national figure, with a typical 2.1 people per home. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the usual home held 3.2 people.

2.1 ▼ -34.4%

Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.2
  • 2016: 4.5
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.9% ▲ +668.7%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 34.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Wallumbilla splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up nearly half of all families here at 47.5%. One-parent families account for 14.2%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen since 2011.

14.2% ▲ +79.1%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 28.7%
  • 2021: 14.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wallumbilla, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) 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 Wallumbilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322131/wallumbilla/topic/family-households