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 - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Ipswich - East
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly a quarter of all families in Ipswich - East are headed by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This high proportion of one-parent homes contributes to a distinct living pattern across the area. It is a place where smaller households are common and more people live by themselves than in most other similar areas.
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 - East — lower than 71% of areas.
| Ipswich - East | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4304, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with 32.8% of households consisting of one person, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical home in Ipswich - East has 2.3 people, slightly lower than the national average of 2.5.
32.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Ipswich - East splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.3% of the total, which is among the highest proportions for this type of area and far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
24.3% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ipswich - East, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/310031287/ipswich-east/topic/family-households