Abergowrie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Abergowrie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small, quiet households define daily life in Abergowrie, where just 2.1 people live in the typical home. This figure is much lower than in most other areas, reflecting a community with a high number of people living on their own.

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📍 Abergowrie, Suburb / Locality

Where Abergowrie sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -12.5%
  • 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
  • 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
  • 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
  • 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
  • 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
  • 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
  • 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
  • 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
  • 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
  • 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
  • 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
  • 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
  • 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
  • 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
  • 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
  • 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
  • 3.9–4.0: 258 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Abergowrie — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Abergowrie2.1
4850, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. These single-person homes, along with two-person households at 40.5%, mean the area has far fewer people per home than the national figure of 2.5.

2.1 ▼ -12.5%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.4% ▲ +64.3%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.1%
  • 2016: 26.8%
  • 2021: 31.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Abergowrie, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the bulk of families here, with 46.2% having children and 42.9% without. Only 8.6% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

8.6% ▲ +82.0%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 7.7%
  • 2021: 8.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Abergowrie splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Abergowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30004/abergowrie/topic/family-households