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Family & Households in Bungalow

How families and households are made up across the area.

Forty-four per cent of people live alone in Bungalow, making it an area with a very high number of single-person households. This stands in stark contrast to the rest of the country, where homes are typically larger and hold more people.

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Where Bungalow sits — Average household size

2.0 ▲ +5.3%
  • 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 Bungalow — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Bungalow2.0
4870, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With only 2.0 people per home, household size is well below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very high proportion of people living alone, which is far above the national average.

2.0 ▲ +5.3%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

44.3% ▼ -3.5%

Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 45.9%
  • 2016: 44.8%
  • 2021: 44.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Bungalow, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single parents make up 27% of families here, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types are more common, with couples with children accounting for 40.7% of households.

27.0% ▼ -0.9%

Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 27.2%
  • 2016: 27.5%
  • 2021: 27.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Bungalow, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (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 Bungalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30431/bungalow/topic/family-households