2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Centenary · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Centenary
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Centenary than in most similar areas, making it a region of larger-than-average households. The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Centenary — higher than 86% of areas.
| Centenary | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.8 people per household, though this is a slight drop from 2.9 in 2011. Only 15.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
15.9% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Centenary, 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 63.8% of families in the area. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, sitting at 10.6%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.6% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Centenary, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; 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 Centenary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30401/centenary/topic/family-households