2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eagleby · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Eagleby
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Eagleby than in most similar areas, with 31% of households consisting of just one person. This reflects a shift toward smaller living arrangements, as the typical number of people per home has edged down since 2011. While many homes still house families, there is a striking trend toward single-person households and lone parents.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Eagleby — lower than 64% of areas.
| Eagleby | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4207, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen since 2011. This contributes to the typical home having 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
31.0% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Eagleby splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.6% of the total, which is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion is among the highest for similar areas and has risen slightly over the last decade.
26.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eagleby, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (27%).
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 Eagleby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311021307/eagleby/topic/family-households