2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stafford · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Stafford
How families and households are made up across the area.
One third of households in Stafford are occupied by people living alone, which is much higher than most other areas. This trend has grown since 2011 and helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the national figure. Overall, the area is a mix of family homes and single-person households.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Stafford — lower than 86% of areas.
| Stafford | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4053, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone make up 33.4% of households, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. Because of this, there are typically only 2.2 people per home, which is a little below the Queensland figure and has edged down since 2011.
33.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stafford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.1% of families, while one-parent families account for 16.8%. This last group is much more common here than in most similar areas, though the figure fell 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
16.8% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stafford, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Stafford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/302021032/stafford/topic/family-households