3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bentley Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bentley Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Bentley Park, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a family-heavy community where only 15.4% of homes are occupied by a single person, well below the national figure of 25.6%. These trends highlight a place where larger family groups are the norm.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Bentley Park — higher than 86% of areas.
| Bentley Park | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4869, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, which at 15.4% is far below the national average.
15.4% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bentley Park, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 20.9% of the area, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1%. More than half of all families are couples with children, accounting for 57.6% of the total.
20.9% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bentley Park, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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 Bentley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30236/bentley-park/topic/family-households