2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beachmere - Sandstone Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Beachmere - Sandstone Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up the largest family group in Beachmere - Sandstone Point, representing 42.7% of families. This area is characterised by smaller households than most other regions, with the typical home now holding fewer people than it did a decade ago.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Beachmere - Sandstone Point — lower than 71% of areas.
| Beachmere - Sandstone Point | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4511, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than the national figure, with an average of 2.3 people per household. This is a downward trend from 2.5 people in 2011, and 46.4% of all households consist of just two people.
24.0% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Beachmere - Sandstone Point, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
About 41.6% of families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 14.9%. This last figure is higher than in most similar areas, though it has remained steady since 2011.
14.9% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Beachmere - Sandstone Point splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Beachmere - Sandstone Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313011362/beachmere-sandstone-point/topic/family-households