2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Athol · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Athol
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-thirds of all families in Athol consist of couples with children, making it a strong family-oriented area. The typical home here houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Athol — higher than 50% of areas.
| Athol | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 38.9% of the total.
22.2% ▲ +102.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Athol, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.8% of the total, a figure well below both the state (15.4%) and national (14.1%) averages. Couples without children account for 26.3% of families.
8.8% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Athol, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; 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 Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30097/athol/topic/family-households