Agnes Water - Miriam Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Family & Households in Agnes Water - Miriam Vale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Agnes Water - Miriam Vale than in the typical Queensland suburb. This contributes to a smaller typical household size, with just 2.2 people per home compared to the state figure of 2.5. It is an area where small households are common, and the number of people per home has edged down since 2016.

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📍 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Agnes Water - Miriam Vale sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Agnes Water - Miriam Vale2.2
4677, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Almost 28% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the Queensland average. This helps explain why households are smaller than most areas, with 44.8% of homes containing only two people.

2.2

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.0%

Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 27.7%
  • 2021: 28.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Agnes Water - Miriam Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children and couples with children make up almost equal shares of the community at 43.5% and 43.3%. The proportion of one-parent families is 12.1%, which is well below the state figure of 15.4%.

12.1%

Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 12.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Agnes Water - Miriam Vale splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.

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 Agnes Water - Miriam Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308051530/agnes-water-miriam-vale/topic/family-households