Bluewater Park · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Bluewater Park

How families and households are made up across the area.

An unusually high 3.0 people per home is the norm in Bluewater Park, making it much more crowded than most other areas. This reflects a community where large households are common and very few people live by themselves.

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Where Bluewater Park sits — Average household size

3.0 → 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 Bluewater Park — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bluewater Park3.0
4818, QLD 2.8
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 12.9% of people here live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (35.7%) or four people (19.3%), contributing to a typical household size that is a little above the Queensland average.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.9% ▲ +18.0%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 12.4%
  • 2021: 12.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bluewater Park, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.7%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 12.1%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

12.1% ▲ +31.2%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.2%
  • 2016: 8.3%
  • 2021: 12.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bluewater Park, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Bluewater Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30293/bluewater-park/topic/family-households