2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4008, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4008, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in postcode 4008 than in most other areas, with 37.3% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a smaller-than-average living arrangement across the area, where the typical home holds only 2.1 people.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 4008, QLD — lower than 86% of areas.
| 4008, QLD | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Brisbane | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are very common here, making up 37.3% of the total and rising 8.5 points since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
37.3% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4008, QLD splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (38%), with 4 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.9% of families, while 39.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.7%, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen 11 points since 2011.
12.7% ▼ -46.5%
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4008, QLD, the largest group is Couples with children at 45%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 4008, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4008/4008-qld/topic/family-households