2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ipswich Inner · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Ipswich Inner
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and a high number of single-parent families shape daily life in Ipswich Inner. The area sees more people per home than most similar places, with over half of all families consisting of couples raising children together.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Ipswich Inner — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ipswich Inner | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While this figure has edged down since 2011, about 25% of households are people living alone.
25.0% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ipswich Inner, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and among the highest for similar areas.
20.1% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ipswich Inner, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Ipswich Inner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31003/ipswich-inner/topic/family-households