2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bribie Island · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Bribie Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define daily life on Bribie Island, where the typical home holds just 2.0 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, creating a community where many residents live in smaller groups or alone.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Bribie Island — lower than 93% of areas.
| Bribie Island | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4507, QLD | 2.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.4% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why household sizes are among the lowest for similar areas, with nearly half of all homes housing only two people.
32.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bribie Island, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 55.8%, while 29.8% are couples with children. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, which is a little below the Queensland figure and has fallen slightly since 2011.
13.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bribie Island, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 30%.
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 Bribie Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313011363/bribie-island/topic/family-households