2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Black Snake · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Black Snake
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift towards smaller living arrangements is evident in Black Snake, where more than a third of homes are now occupied by just one person. This trend contributes to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure.
2.3
—
- 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 Black Snake — lower than 71% of areas.
| Black Snake | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4600, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 36.4% of the area, a figure far above the Queensland rate of 24.7%. Because so many people live alone, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is lower than most other similar areas.
36.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Black Snake, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.8% of families, while couples without children account for 41.5%. One-parent families are less common here at 7.7%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.7% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Black Snake, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 42%.
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 Black Snake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30269/black-snake/topic/family-households