Analysis of the household/family types in FNQROC region in 2021 compared to Cairns (R) shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 22.1% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 10.9% were one-parent families, compared with 24.8% and 12.3% respectively for Cairns (R).
There were a similar proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 24.4% compared to 24.7% in Cairns (R) while the proportion of couples without children was 25.5% compared to 24.6% in Cairns (R).