Parkinson - Drewvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Parkinson - Drewvale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up a dominant 71.2% of families in Parkinson - Drewvale. This is a place where homes are typically much larger than across Australia, with a high proportion of families and very few people living on their own.

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📍 Parkinson - Drewvale, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Parkinson - Drewvale sits — Average household size

3.2 ▼ -3.0%
  • 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 Parkinson - Drewvale — higher than 94% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Parkinson - Drewvale3.2
4115, QLD 3.0
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are crowded compared to the national figure, with 3.2 people per household. This helps explain why only 10.2% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.2 ▼ -3.0%

Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.3
  • 2016: 3.3
  • 2021: 3.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.2% ▲ +27.6%

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 10.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Parkinson - Drewvale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 20%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family units are common, though one-parent families make up 10.8% of the total. This is well below the national figure of 14.1%, despite rising slightly since 2011.

10.8% ▲ +17.2%

Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.2%
  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 10.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Parkinson - Drewvale, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 17%.

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 Parkinson - Drewvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051075/parkinson-drewvale/topic/family-households