2.5 —
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine Coast · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Sunshine Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in the Sunshine Coast are couples with children. This makes it a place where family life is prominent, with a typical household size of 2.5 people. These patterns have remained steady since the 2016 census.
2.5
—
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Sunshine Coast — higher than 71% of areas.
| Sunshine Coast | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes here hold two people, with 38.2% of households fitting this description. Only 23.5% of people live alone, which is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
23.5% —
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.2% of families, while 32.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.8% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
13.8% —
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine Coast, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Sunshine Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36720/sunshine-coast/topic/family-households