2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Beecher · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Beecher, where the typical home holds nearly three people. This is a family-heavy community where very few residents live by themselves.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Beecher — higher than 81% of areas.
| Beecher | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
An average of 2.9 people live in each home, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 11.8% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
11.8% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Beecher, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 65.9% of families here, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 4.8%. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
4.8% ▲ +110.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Beecher, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Beecher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30197/beecher/topic/family-households