1.7 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5
- 2021: 1.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benarkin · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Benarkin
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Benarkin than in the rest of the state, with 45.5% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a small-scale living environment where the typical home holds only 1.7 people, well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.7
—
- 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 Benarkin — lower than 94% of areas.
| Benarkin | 1.7 |
|---|---|
| 4314, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes here are occupied by a single person, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This high number of sole occupants helps explain why household sizes are among the lowest in the region.
45.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 45.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Benarkin, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are unusual here, as there are no one-parent families, which is far below the national rate of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 57.6% having no children and 39.4% with children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Benarkin, Couples without children is the majority at 59%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 Benarkin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30231/benarkin/topic/family-households