2.9 —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birnam · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Birnam
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far smaller share of people live alone in Birnam than in the rest of Australia. This sparsely populated area is shaped by large households and a strong presence of families with children, which stands in sharp contrast to state and national patterns.
2.9
—
- 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 Birnam — higher than 81% of areas.
| Birnam | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4285, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Birnam are larger than usual, with typically 2.9 people per dwelling compared to 2.5 nationally. Only 8.8% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
8.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Birnam, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 6 or more (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, with couples with children making up 58.7% of the total. One-parent families are much less common here at 5.4%, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
5.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birnam, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without 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 Birnam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30262/birnam/topic/family-households