1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Brisbane · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in South Brisbane
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in South Brisbane than a decade ago, with 39.1% of households now consisting of a single person. This shift has left the area with a very small typical household size compared to the rest of the state and country. It is a place where small homes and single-person living are now common.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 South Brisbane — lower than 96% of areas.
| South Brisbane | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4101, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 39.1% of people living alone, South Brisbane has a far higher rate of single-person homes than the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home has just 1.9 people, which is well below the Queensland average of 2.5.
39.1% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Brisbane splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families here are couples without children, making up 47.8% of the group. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has risen 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.4% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Brisbane, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in South Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305011110/south-brisbane/topic/family-households