2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Groom · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Groom
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Groom than in most similar areas, though the overall household size remains steady. This is a place where 27.3% of homes are occupied by just one person, while the typical household size matches the national figure of 2.5 people.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Groom — lower than 57% of areas.
| Groom | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.3% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure and a rise from 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.8% of all homes.
27.3% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Groom, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 54.1%. One-parent families account for 15.8% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and has risen since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Groom, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Groom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED314/groom/topic/family-households