3.9 ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Warraber Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Warraber Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households and a high number of single parents set Warraber Island apart from most similar areas. The community is often crowded, with an average of 3.9 people per home, which is well above the national figure.
3.9
▲ +69.6%
- 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 Warraber Island — higher than 96% of areas.
| Warraber Island | 3.9 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with the typical household holding 3.9 people, a jump from 2.3 in 2011. Interestingly, 27.9% of residents live alone, while an equal share of homes contain six or more people.
27.9% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Warraber Island splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 6 or more (28%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 28.9% of the community, which is far above the national figure and has risen since 2011. Most other families are couples with children, who account for 64% of the total.
28.9% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Warraber Island, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; One-parent families is next 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 Warraber Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322133/warraber-island/topic/family-households