2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 90% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brisbane Inner City · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Brisbane Inner City
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person households are the most common arrangement in Brisbane Inner City, making up 36.6% of all homes. This is an area where small households dominate, with a very high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Brisbane Inner City — lower than 90% of areas.
| Brisbane Inner City | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small living arrangements are common here, with 33.6% of people living alone—a figure well above the national average. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.2 people, which is among the lowest for any similar area.
33.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 97% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Brisbane Inner City splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.2% of families, while 35.4% are couples without children. Only 10.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the Queensland figure.
10.2% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brisbane Inner City, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Brisbane Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/305/brisbane-inner-city/topic/family-households