Wright · Federal Electorate

Family & Households in Wright

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household patterns in Wright have remained very stable since 2011, with the same typical number of people per home. This is a place where larger households are common, and very few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Wright, Federal Electorate

Where Wright sits — Average household size

2.9 → 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 Wright — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Wright2.9
Greater Brisbane 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.9 people per home, households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 16.7% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.

2.9 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.7% ▲ +2.1%

Lower than 94% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 16.3%
  • 2016: 16.9%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Wright, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 60.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.

13.6% ▲ +15.1%

Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 12.6%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Wright, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

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 Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED330/wright/topic/family-households