2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aitkenvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Aitkenvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Aitkenvale has a much higher rate of people living alone and single-parent families than most similar areas. This trend is driven by a significant rise in one-person households and a high proportion of lone parents, though nearly half of the families here are still couples with children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Aitkenvale — lower than 64% of areas.
| Aitkenvale | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4814, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This number has risen by 8.1 points since 2011, while the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.4.
31.4% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Aitkenvale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.3% of the total, a figure that is well above the Queensland average of 15.4% and has risen since 2011. Couples with children remain the most common family type at 48.1%.
23.3% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aitkenvale, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Aitkenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/318021467/aitkenvale/topic/family-households