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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id17% of Cairns Regional Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households contain only one person, compared with 15% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Regional QLD.
The size of households in general follows the life-cycle of families. Households are usually small at the stage of relationship formation (early marriage), and then increase in size with the advent of children. They later reduce in size again as these children reach adulthood and leave home.
Household size can also be influenced by a lack (or abundance) of affordable housing. First Nations persons often have a tradition of living with extended family members which significantly affects household size, and households can include multiple families.
Please note that this table counts First Nations households (households containing at least one Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander usual resident) by the number of persons resident. The number of persons resident can include both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as other people - it represents the total number of people in the household.
For greater insight, First Nations household size data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Type, Age Structure and Household Income .
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Derived from the three Census questions:
'Name of each person including visitors who spent the night of Tuesday, 10 August 2021 in this dwelling', and 'Where does the person usually live?', and 'Name of each person who usually lives in this dwelling but was away on Tuesday, 10 August 2021?'
| Household size | |||||||
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - Cairns Regional Council | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Number of persons usually resident | Number | % | Regional QLD % | Number | % | Regional QLD % | 2016 to 2021 |
| 1 person | 1,098 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 880 | 16.8 | 14.5 | +218 |
| 2 person | 1,682 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 1,385 | 26.4 | 26.4 | +297 |
| 3 person | 1,190 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 1,046 | 20.0 | 19.3 | +144 |
| 4 person | 1,040 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 816 | 15.6 | 17.4 | +224 |
| 5 person | 625 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 564 | 10.8 | 11.0 | +61 |
| 6 or more persons | 661 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 552 | 10.5 | 11.5 | +109 |
| Total households | 6,296 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,243 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,053 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons usually resident in a household in Cairns Regional Council compared with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Regional QLD shows that there were a higher proportion of lone person households, and a lower proportion of larger households (those with 4 persons or more). Overall there were 17%% of lone person households, and 36.9% of larger households, compared with 15% and 38.5% respectively for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Regional QLD.
The major difference in between household size for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households of Cairns and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households of Regional QLD] was:
- A larger percentage of households with 1 person usually resident (17.4% compared to 15.3%)
Emerging groups
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Cairns Regional Council increased by 1,053 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of persons usually resident in a household in Cairns between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 2 person households (+297 households)
- 4 person households (+224 households)
- 1 person households (+218 households)
- 3 person households (+144 households)
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