2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ormeau - Oxenford · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Ormeau - Oxenford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and more families define daily life in Ormeau - Oxenford, where the typical household has 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community built around family living rather than individuals.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Ormeau - Oxenford — higher than 89% of areas.
| Ormeau - Oxenford | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 13.7%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are larger than usual, with 32.9% of households containing two people and 20.4% containing four.
13.7% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ormeau - Oxenford, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.6% of the area's families. One-parent families account for 15.2%, a figure that is a little above the Australian average and has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
15.2% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ormeau - Oxenford, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Ormeau - Oxenford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30907/ormeau-oxenford/topic/family-households