2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palm Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Palm Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live in each home in Palm Beach compared to most similar areas. The neighborhood has a high number of people living alone, with nearly 30% of households consisting of just one person. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.3
▲ +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 Palm Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Palm Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4221, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average. While the number of single-person homes has fallen since 2011, the typical number of people per home has edged up slightly to 2.3.
29.8% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palm Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families here, while one-parent families account for 14.1%. This last group is about the same as the national figure, though it has fallen 5.7 percentage points since 2011.
14.1% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palm Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309021234/palm-beach/topic/family-households