2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burleigh Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Burleigh Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 60% of families in Burleigh Waters are couples with children, making this the most common household type. The area is mostly made up of family groups and has fewer people living alone than the national figure. This trend helps explain why homes here tend to be slightly larger than the typical Australian household.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Burleigh Waters — higher than 57% of areas.
| Burleigh Waters | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4220, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.6 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011 and remains higher than most similar areas.
22.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burleigh Waters, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.2% of families, while couples without children account for 26.1%. One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average and has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burleigh Waters, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Burleigh Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309011226/burleigh-waters/topic/family-households