2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Back Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Back Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 8.3% of people live alone in Back Plains, one of the lowest rates seen in similar areas. This is a place where most residents live in larger groups, with the typical home holding about 2.7 people. This trend is consistent across the community's family and household structures.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Back Plains — higher than 71% of areas.
| Back Plains | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4361, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most other areas, with nearly 45% of households made up of two people. This helps explain why so few people live alone compared to the national figure of 25.6%.
8.3% ▼ -50.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Back Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 66.3%. One-parent families account for 10% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
10.0% ▲ +98.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Back Plains, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Back Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30112/back-plains/topic/family-households