2.2 ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
George Town · Urban Centre
Family & Households in George Town
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in George Town, representing 41.1% of all families. The area has seen a notable shift toward smaller households, with a significant rise in people living alone. This trend has contributed to the typical home now holding fewer people than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -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 George Town — lower than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in George Town holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because the number of people living alone has risen to 33.7%, a figure well above the Australian average.
33.7% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →George Town splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.3% of the local total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 9.8% of families were headed by a single parent.
24.3% ▲ +148.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In George Town, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (34%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 George Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615008/george-town/topic/family-households