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.
Parkinson - Drewvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Parkinson - Drewvale — higher than 94% of areas.
| Parkinson - Drewvale | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4115, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.2% ▲ +27.6%
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Parkinson - Drewvale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 20%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Parkinson - Drewvale, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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