2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Calvert · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Calvert
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes have grown significantly since 2011 in Calvert, where households are now much larger than in most other areas. This shift is seen in the high number of families with children and a very low rate of people living alone.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Calvert — higher than 76% of areas.
| Calvert | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4340, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Calvert are more crowded than usual, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 10.6% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
10.6% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Calvert, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.6% of families here. The area also has a high proportion of one-parent families at 21.5%, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
21.5% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Calvert, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Calvert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30494/calvert/topic/family-households