Cue · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Cue

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all homes in Cue are now occupied by a single person, a huge increase since 2011. This shift has left the area with a very small typical household size of just 1.5 people, which is far below the national figure.

Open map →
📍 Cue, Urban Centre

Where Cue sits — Average household size

1.5 ▼ -46.4%
  • 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 Cue — lower than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cue1.5
6640, WA 1.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households have surged to 54.3%, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, the number of people per home has dropped from 2.8 in 2011 to 1.5 today.

1.5 ▼ -46.4%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 1.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

54.3% ▲ +138.5%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 22.8%
  • 2016: 21.6%
  • 2021: 54.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

View on map →

In Cue, 1 person is the majority at 58%; 2 people is next at 35%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 20% of the community, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. This is a rise of 5.6 percentage points since 2011, though most families here are couples without children.

20.0% ▲ +38.8%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 14.4%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 20.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

View on map →

In Cue, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with children is next at 19%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

More for Cue

Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Cue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522018/cue/topic/family-households