2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashwell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ashwell
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the defining feature of Ashwell, where homes typically hold more people than in most other areas. This trend is driven by a high proportion of couples with children, while single-parent families are far less common here than across the rest of the country.
2.8
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- 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 Ashwell — higher than 76% of areas.
| Ashwell | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4340, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.8 people per home, Ashwell is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This larger household size is reflected in the fact that people living alone make up only 21.9% of the area, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ashwell, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 5 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57% of families in Ashwell. In contrast, one-parent families account for just 3.8%, a figure that is far below both the Queensland and national averages.
3.8% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashwell, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Ashwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30094/ashwell/topic/family-households