2.9 ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bridges · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Bridges
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 3 people live in the typical home in Bridges, which is much higher than most other areas. This is a place where very few people live alone, and over half of all families are couples raising children.
2.9
▲ +11.5%
- 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 Bridges — higher than 81% of areas.
| Bridges | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4561, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With only 11.1% of people living alone, the number of single-person homes is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical household size of 2.9 people is a little above the Queensland average of 2.5.
11.1% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bridges, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 13.3%, which is higher than most areas but a little below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
13.3% ▲ +591.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bridges, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Bridges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30370/bridges/topic/family-households