2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bloomfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bloomfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much smaller household size than the state or national average defines Bloomfield, where only 2.0 people live per home. This is a stark contrast to the typical Australian home, which usually houses 2.5 people.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Bloomfield — lower than 86% of areas.
| Bloomfield | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4895, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in most areas, with 38.2% of households consisting of one person. This explains why the overall household size is well below the Queensland and Australian figures.
38.2% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bloomfield, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (38%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 45.4%, while 37.0% of families are couples with children. One-parent families account for 12.6%, which is higher than most areas but a little below the national figure.
12.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bloomfield, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Bloomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30288/bloomfield/topic/family-households