2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Algester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Algester
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people share their homes in Algester than in most other areas, with 2.8 people per household. This trend has edged up since 2011 and is reflected in the low number of people living alone. Families with children are the most common household type in the area.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Algester — higher than 79% of areas.
| Algester | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4115, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.2% of people live alone here, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (32.4%), but the typical household size remains a little above the Queensland average.
18.2% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Algester, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.5% of families in Algester. One-parent families account for 15.9% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and has risen since 2011.
15.9% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Algester, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Algester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051072/algester/topic/family-households