Binjour · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Binjour

How families and households are made up across the area.

Zero one-parent families live in Binjour, making it very different from most other areas. This tiny community is mostly made up of couples, though nearly a third of homes are occupied by people living alone. These trends mean the typical household is smaller than the national figure.

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📍 Binjour, Suburb / Locality

Where Binjour sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -4.3%
  • 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 Binjour — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Binjour2.2
4625, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 30.6% of people live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because so many people live solo, Binjour has just 2.2 people per home, a little below the Australian typical of 2.5.

2.2 ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.6% ▲ +25.2%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.4%
  • 2016: 22.9%
  • 2021: 30.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Binjour, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (10%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life here is split evenly, with couples with children and couples without children each making up 47.9% of families. The absence of one-parent families is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Binjour splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (50%) and Couples without children (50%).

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Binjour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30257/binjour/topic/family-households