2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Forest Lake - Oxley · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Forest Lake - Oxley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 20% of families in Forest Lake - Oxley are led by a single parent, a figure well above the national average. This is a place where households are typically larger than in other areas. Most homes are shared by multiple people, with single-person households being far less common than usual.
2.8
→ 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
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- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Forest Lake - Oxley — higher than 86% of areas.
| Forest Lake - Oxley | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Forest Lake - Oxley typically hold 2.8 people, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 21.8% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.8% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Forest Lake - Oxley, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.8% of the local total, placing this area among the highest for this group and well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 59.2%.
19.8% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Forest Lake - Oxley, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families is next at 20%.
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 Forest Lake - Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31001/forest-lake-oxley/topic/family-households