2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Rocklea - Acacia Ridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of families in Rocklea - Acacia Ridge are led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct local landscape where one-parent homes are much more common than in other areas. While most homes house about 2.5 people, the area has seen a rise in people living by themselves.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rocklea - Acacia Ridge | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4108, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This trend has grown since 2011, though the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.5.
28.8% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rocklea - Acacia Ridge splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 25.3% of the total, a rate that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This is one of the highest proportions of one-parent families among similar areas.
25.3% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (25%) and Couples without children (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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051076/rocklea-acacia-ridge/topic/family-households