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The household and family structure of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is one of the most important demographic indicators. It provides insights into the level of demand for services and facilities targeted at particular household types, and the structure of the First Nations community. Across Australia, First Nations households are more likely to be larger families and one parent families, but this varies from area to area, so it is important to compare to the populations across geographic benchmarks.
Please note that this is a household topic. Households are counted as First Nations if they contain one or more Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons present on Census night, who are usual residents of the household.
First Nations households cannot be visitor only or other non-classifiable households, so those categories are excluded from this topic. For that reason, percentage distributions may not match those in the main household types page of profile.id, which includes these categories.
To continue building the story, First Nations household type should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Number of Bedrooms .
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
‘What is the person’s relationship (to each other person in the household)?’
| Household types | |||||||
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - Rockhampton Regional Council | 2021 | 2011 | Change | ||||
| Households by type | Number | % | Queensland % | Number | % | Queensland % | 2011 to 2021 |
| Couples with children | 925 | 31.2 | 31.8 | 660 | 35.3 | 35.1 | +265 |
| Couples without children | 460 | 15.5 | 18.3 | 223 | 11.9 | 15.7 | +237 |
| One parent families | 928 | 31.3 | 27.5 | 607 | 32.4 | 29.2 | +321 |
| Other families | 70 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 41 | 2.2 | 2.5 | +29 |
| Group households | 118 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 93 | 5.0 | 5.5 | +25 |
| Lone persons | 461 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 247 | 13.2 | 12.2 | +214 |
| Total households | 2,962 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,871 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,091 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander household types in Rockhampton Regional Council in 2021 compared to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Queensland shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 31% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 31.3% were one-parent families, compared with 32% and 27.5% respectively for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Queensland.
There were a higher proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 15.6% compared to 14.5% in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Queensland while the proportion of couples without children was 15.5% compared to 18.3% in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Queensland.
Emerging groups
The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in Rockhampton Regional Council increased by 1,091 between 2011 and 2021.
The largest changes in family/household types of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Rockhampton between 2011 and 2021 were:
- One parent families (+321 households)
- Couples with children (+265 households)
- Couples without children (+237 households)
- Lone persons (+214 households)
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