2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Alexandra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Alexandra are couples with children, making it a place where family units are the primary way of living. This trend is reflected in the low number of people living alone and the fact that very few households consist of a single parent.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Alexandra — higher than 57% of areas.
| Alexandra | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 16.2% of residents live alone, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes in Alexandra are larger than usual, with a typical household of 2.6 people.
16.2% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Alexandra, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 4 people (17%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 2.3% of the total, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 15.4%. Most families here are couples, with 51.2% having children and 41.9% without.
2.3% ▼ -74.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Alexandra, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 44%.
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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30029/alexandra/topic/family-households