3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benaraby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Benaraby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes in Benaraby have remained notably larger than the national average over the last decade. The area is dominated by couples with children, which helps explain why typical homes hold more people than those in most other regions.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Benaraby — higher than 86% of areas.
| Benaraby | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Benaraby hold 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This larger household size is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 10.1%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.1% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Benaraby, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most of the community consists of families, with couples with children making up 63.4% of the total. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, accounting for only 6.3%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.3% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Benaraby, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Benaraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30230/benaraby/topic/family-households