2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Benarkin North · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Benarkin North
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller living arrangements have become more common in Benarkin North, where a high number of people now live alone. The area is mostly made up of two-person households, and the typical home holds just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 North — lower than 81% of areas.
| Benarkin North | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4314, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland and Australian averages. This helps explain why the typical home size is a little below the national figure of 2.5 people.
32.1% ▲ +54.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Benarkin North, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families at 53.8%. One-parent families account for 12.4% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Benarkin North, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30232/benarkin-north/topic/family-households