2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wandoan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wandoan
How families and households are made up across the area.
A striking 27% of families in Wandoan (L) are headed by a single parent, which is far above the national figure. This shift is part of a broader trend toward smaller living arrangements in the area. The typical home now holds fewer people than it did a decade ago.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Wandoan — lower than 57% of areas.
| Wandoan | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4419, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than a third of homes are occupied by just one person, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
35.4% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Wandoan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27% of the local total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national rate of 14.1%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 16.1% of families fell into this category.
27.0% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Wandoan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 28%.
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 Wandoan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322132/wandoan/topic/family-households