2.0 —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southport - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Southport - North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Southport - North than in the rest of Queensland, with 38.6% of households consisting of one person. This gap helps explain why the area has one of the lowest rates of people per home in the region. It is a place where small households are the norm.
2.0
—
- 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 Southport - North — lower than 93% of areas.
| Southport - North | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4215, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a high proportion of single-person households, a trend that has risen slightly since 2016.
38.6% —
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Southport - North splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.6% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other family types are also common, with couples without children representing 43.0% of families.
21.6% —
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southport - North, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (22%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Southport - North
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Southport - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309091540/southport-north/topic/family-households