2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Brisbane · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in East Brisbane
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in East Brisbane than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the small typical household size, with 2.2 people per home, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 East Brisbane — lower than 86% of areas.
| East Brisbane | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4169, QLD | 2.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of households are single people, a figure well above the Australian average of 25.6%. This helps explain why the area has much lower occupancy rates than most places, with 37.1% of homes containing just two people.
32.1% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Brisbane splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.3% of families here, while one-parent families account for 11.3%. This last figure is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and has stayed steady since 2011.
11.3% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Brisbane, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (11%).
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 East Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305021115/east-brisbane/topic/family-households