2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ipswich - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ipswich - Central
How families and households are made up across the area.
A rise in single-parent families is the most notable shift in Ipswich - Central since 2011. This area now has a very high number of people living alone, with 32.1% of households consisting of just one person. Overall, the typical home is smaller than the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Ipswich - Central — lower than 71% of areas.
| Ipswich - Central | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4305, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people in Ipswich - Central live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, a little below the national average of 2.5.
32.1% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ipswich - Central splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.2% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family in similar areas and has risen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
23.2% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ipswich - Central, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Ipswich - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310031286/ipswich-central/topic/family-households