2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blaxland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blaxland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Blaxland compared to most similar areas, which helps drive a high number of family-based homes. The typical home here holds 2.6 people, a figure slightly above the national average.
2.6
—
- 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 Blaxland — higher than 57% of areas.
| Blaxland | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4405, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12% of people live by themselves, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are occupied by two people (32%) or three people (16%).
12.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blaxland, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 67.3%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up only 5.8% of the total, well below the national figure of 14.1%.
5.8% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blaxland, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Blaxland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30285/blaxland/topic/family-households