2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Aratula · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Aratula
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household patterns in Aratula have stayed relatively steady over the last decade. The area is mostly made up of families, with over half of all homes featuring couples with children.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Aratula — higher than 50% of areas.
| Aratula | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4309, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 21.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.9% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Aratula, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, with 51.3% of households consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up 11.9% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.9% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Aratula, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Aratula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30076/aratula/topic/family-households