2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gold Coast Hinterland · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Gold Coast Hinterland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people living alone in the Gold Coast Hinterland has seen the typical home size edge up since 2011. This region is now defined by large households, with many families living together compared to other parts of the country.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Gold Coast Hinterland — higher than 79% of areas.
| Gold Coast Hinterland | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most areas. This is partly because far fewer people live alone here than in the rest of Australia, at just 19.1%.
19.1% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gold Coast Hinterland, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families (56.5%). Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 11.1%, a figure that is well below the Queensland average.
11.1% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gold Coast Hinterland, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Gold Coast Hinterland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30904/gold-coast-hinterland/topic/family-households