1.9 ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Biggenden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Biggenden
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 40% of people in Biggenden live alone, which is far above the national figure. This creates a community of very small households where the typical home holds fewer than two people.
1.9
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Biggenden — lower than 89% of areas.
| Biggenden | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4621, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Biggenden holds only 1.9 people, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This trend is driven by the fact that 40.5% of residents live alone, one of the highest rates for this type of area.
40.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Biggenden splits fairly evenly between 2 people (42%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Among families, those without children are the most common at 46.3%. One-parent families make up 16.7% of the total, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
16.7% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Biggenden, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Biggenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30248/biggenden/topic/family-households