Blacksoil · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Blacksoil

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Blacksoil have evolved since 2011, with a now notable proportion of one-parent homes. While most households are small, the area has a much lower rate of people living alone than the national average.

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📍 Blacksoil, Suburb / Locality

Where Blacksoil sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Blacksoil — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Blacksoil2.4
4306, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Blacksoil holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. However, only 13.8% of people live alone, a rate far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.8%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Blacksoil, 2 people is the majority at 71%; 1 person is next at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21% of the area, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type at 41.9%.

21.0%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.8%
  • 2021: 21.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Blacksoil splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 21%.

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 Blacksoil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30278/blacksoil/topic/family-households