2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Blue Mountain Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Blue Mountain Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Blue Mountain Heights than in the rest of Australia. This area is dominated by larger households, where the typical home holds 2.8 people, making it much more crowded than most similar areas.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Blue Mountain Heights — higher than 76% of areas.
| Blue Mountain Heights | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 9.6% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 24.7% and among the lowest for areas of this size.
9.6% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Blue Mountain Heights, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 3 people (15%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.1% of families here. One-parent families account for only 8.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the state average of 15.4%.
8.1% ▲ +25.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Blue Mountain Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; 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 Blue Mountain Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30291/blue-mountain-heights/topic/family-households