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.
Agnes Water - Miriam Vale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
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.
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Agnes Water - Miriam Vale — lower than 86% of areas.
| Agnes Water - Miriam Vale | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4677, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.0% —
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Agnes Water - Miriam Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (12%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Agnes Water - Miriam Vale splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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