1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Buxton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples without children make up 70.2% of families in Buxton, creating a landscape where small households are the norm. This reflects a trend toward smaller living arrangements, with the typical home holding far fewer people than the national figure.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Buxton — lower than 89% of areas.
| Buxton | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4660, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, as the typical home has just 1.9 people, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that 60.4% of homes house two people, while 26.7% are occupied by someone living alone.
26.7% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Buxton, 2 people is the majority at 61%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families in the area are couples without children, who account for 70.2% of all family households.
9.9% ▲ +244.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Buxton, Couples without children is the majority at 69%; Couples with children is next at 17%.
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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30463/buxton/topic/family-households