2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shailer Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Shailer Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Shailer Park than in most other Australian areas. This suburb is built around larger households, where the typical home holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure. This pattern makes it a place where family living is the dominant story.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Shailer Park — higher than 86% of areas.
| Shailer Park | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4128, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household and only 14.8% of residents living alone. This is far below the national figure of 25.6%, though the number of single-person homes has risen slightly since 2011.
14.8% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shailer Park, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.3% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4% and has remained steady since 2011.
11.3% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shailer Park, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Shailer Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/311051327/shailer-park/topic/family-households