3.0 ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wurdong Heights · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Wurdong Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 10.4% of people live alone in Wurdong Heights, a figure far below the national average. This area is defined by large households, where the typical home now holds 3.0 people.
3.0
▲ +15.4%
- 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 Wurdong Heights — higher than 87% of areas.
| Wurdong Heights | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with the typical size increasing from 2.6 people in 2011 to 3.0 today. This is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5.
10.4% ▼ -72.7%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.2%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wurdong Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with couples with children making up 61.3% of the area. One-parent families are rare at 6.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a huge drop since 2011.
6.2% ▼ -87.5%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wurdong Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Wurdong Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322136/wurdong-heights/topic/family-households