3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4228, QLD · Postcode
Family & Households in 4228, QLD
How families and households are made up across the area.
Households in postcode 4228 have grown slightly larger since 2011, now averaging 3.2 people per home. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, marking the area as one of the most crowded per dwelling in the region. Most homes are family-based, with very few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 4228, QLD — higher than 99% of areas.
| 4228, QLD | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Gold Coast | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is much larger than those in Queensland and Australia, with 3.2 people per dwelling. This helps explain why only 11.1% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the national average of 25.6%.
11.1% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4228, QLD, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 66.1%. One-parent families account for 9.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%, though this proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
9.6% ▲ +21.5%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4228, QLD, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 4228, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4228/4228-qld/topic/family-households