Adelaide Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Adelaide Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

A little above the national figure of 2.5, Adelaide Park sees 3.0 people living in the typical home. This makes it a place where large households are the norm and people living alone are far less common than across Australia.

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Where Adelaide Park sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -3.2%
  • 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 Adelaide Park — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Adelaide Park3.0
4703, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 15.3% of residents live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 31.4% housing two people and 21.2% housing four.

3.0 ▼ -3.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.3% ▲ +19.0%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 12.1%
  • 2021: 15.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Adelaide Park, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 67.7%. One-parent families account for 8.5%, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

8.5% ▲ +65.4%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 8.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Adelaide Park, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Adelaide Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30011/adelaide-park/topic/family-households