2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petrie · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in Petrie
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families make up 16.9% of households in Petrie, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This creates a family-focused landscape where over half of all families include children. Most homes are moderately sized, with about 2.6 people living in each.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Petrie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Petrie | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Petrie is slightly larger than the national figure, with 2.6 people per household. About 24.9% of residents live alone, which is around the middle for similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
24.9% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Petrie, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children form the largest group at 56.3%, while one-parent families are a little above the state and national figures at 16.9%. Other families make up only 1.1% of the total.
16.9% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petrie, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED326/petrie/topic/family-households