2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Browns Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Browns Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Browns Plains than the national average, with 22.2% of families fitting this description. This is part of a broader trend of larger households, where the typical home holds nearly three people.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Browns Plains — higher than 86% of areas.
| Browns Plains | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4118, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5 and has edged up since 2011, while the share of people living alone is well below the Queensland average at 20.3%.
20.3% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Browns Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.6% of families, but one-parent families are especially common at 22.2%. This figure is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and has risen slightly since 2011.
22.2% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Browns Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families is next at 22%.
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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311031312/browns-plains/topic/family-households