2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stanthorpe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Stanthorpe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Stanthorpe than in most similar areas, with 36.3% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown since 2011, contributing to a typical home size that is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Stanthorpe — lower than 89% of areas.
| Stanthorpe | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4380 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which rose to 36.3% in 2021.
36.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stanthorpe splits fairly evenly between 2 people (38%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 44% of families are couples with children, while 39.2% are couples without. One-parent families make up 15.8% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average.
15.8% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Stanthorpe splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (39%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Stanthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031187/stanthorpe/topic/family-households