2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Booval · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Booval
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Booval than in the rest of the state, with 44.2% of households consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to a very small typical household size, which is well below the national figure.
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 Booval — lower than 86% of areas.
| Booval | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4304, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 44.2% of people living alone, Booval has one of the highest rates for single-person homes in the region. This means the typical home holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 2.5.
44.2% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 42.8%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Booval, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 29.0% of the local mix, a figure far above the national rate of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 39.5%, while couples without children account for 28.3%.
29.0% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Booval, the largest group is Couples with children at 39%, followed by One-parent families (29%) and Couples without children (28%).
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 Booval [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30332/booval/topic/family-households