3.3 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.3
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.
Family sizes in Birnam have remained consistently large over the last decade, with households here typically holding far more people than the national average. Most homes are filled by couples raising children, creating a residential profile that differs sharply from the state trend.
3.3
—
- 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 Birnam — higher than 91% of areas.
| Birnam | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 3.3 people live in each home in Birnam, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 19%, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
19.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Birnam splits fairly evenly between 2 people (25%) and 1 person (20%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69%. Conversely, one-parent families account for only 5.2%, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
5.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birnam, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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/SAL30263/birnam/topic/family-households