Greenslopes · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Greenslopes

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are the norm in Greenslopes, where 35% of people live alone. This makes the area feel much less crowded than other suburbs, with a typical home holding just 2.1 people.

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📍 Greenslopes, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Greenslopes sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -4.5%
  • 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 Greenslopes — lower than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greenslopes2.1
4120, QLD 2.1
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, with 35% of households containing only one person. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure.

2.1 ▼ -4.5%

Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.0% ▼ -0.1%

Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 35.0%
  • 2016: 31.9%
  • 2021: 35.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Greenslopes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 15%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up nearly half of all families at 47.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.9% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

10.9% ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greenslopes, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (11%).

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 Greenslopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303021055/greenslopes/topic/family-households