2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petrie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Petrie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than one in five people live alone in Petrie, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This is a place where most households are shared, with a strong presence of couples raising children together.
2.7
▼ -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 Petrie — higher than 71% of areas.
| Petrie | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4502, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.7 people per household. While this has edged down since 2011, 19% of residents still live alone, a figure that is much lower than the Queensland average.
19.0% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Petrie, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.8% of families, though one-parent families are more common here than in most areas. This group now makes up 15.3% of the local family mix, up 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petrie, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/314031393/petrie/topic/family-households