2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitfield - Edge Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Whitfield - Edge Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of single-person living define Whitfield - Edge Hill compared to similar areas. While about half of households are couples with children, the area is marked by a high number of people living alone and a higher-than-average proportion of one-parent families.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Whitfield - Edge Hill — lower than 71% of areas.
| Whitfield - Edge Hill | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 31% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than most, with only 2.3 people per household.
30.8% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Whitfield - Edge Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. Other family types include couples with children (49.9%) and those without children (30.2%).
18.7% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitfield - Edge Hill, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Whitfield - Edge Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306021156/whitfield-edge-hill/topic/family-households