1.7 ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arcadia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Arcadia
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 46% of homes in Arcadia are occupied by people living alone, a figure far higher than the national average. This creates a unique local profile where small households are the norm and most homes house fewer than two people.
1.7
▼ -10.5%
- 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 Arcadia — lower than 94% of areas.
| Arcadia | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 4819, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Arcadia holds only 1.7 people, which is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high proportion of single-person households at 46.1%.
46.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.0%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arcadia, 1 person is the majority at 51%; 2 people is next at 44%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 61.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.3% ▲ +46.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arcadia, Couples without children is the majority at 63%; Couples with children is next at 27%.
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 Arcadia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30078/arcadia/topic/family-households