3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sheldon - Mount Cotton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Sheldon - Mount Cotton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are the norm in Sheldon - Mount Cotton, where 3.1 people typically share a home. This is a family-heavy area where very few people live alone, creating a community focused on multi-person households.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Sheldon - Mount Cotton — higher than 91% of areas.
| Sheldon - Mount Cotton | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4165, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas and slightly above the national figure. Only 9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
9.0% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sheldon - Mount Cotton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 70.1%. Only 8% of families are led by a single parent, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.0% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sheldon - Mount Cotton, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Sheldon - Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/301021011/sheldon-mount-cotton/topic/family-households