2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blantyre · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blantyre
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Blantyre than in most other areas, with only 14.3% of households consisting of a single person. This makes it a place where residents are much more likely to live with others, especially in family groups. The typical home contains 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
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 Blantyre — lower than 57% of areas.
| Blantyre | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4310, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 62% of homes in Blantyre house two people, while 28.6% hold three. Very few people live by themselves here, a rate that is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
14.3% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blantyre, 2 people is the majority at 59%; 3 people is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for only 6.4%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blantyre, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Blantyre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30284/blantyre/topic/family-households