3.2 ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Cashmere · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Cashmere
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive gap in household size defines Cashmere, where the typical home holds 3.2 people. This is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5, marking it as one of the most crowded residential areas at this level.
3.2
▼ -5.9%
- 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 Cashmere — higher than 89% of areas.
| Cashmere | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4500, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 6.2% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes are so large, with 26.7% of households containing four people and 9.8% holding five.
6.2% ▲ +37.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Cashmere splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples with children, who make up 72.6% of the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 5.3%, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
5.3% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Cashmere, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Cashmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30556/cashmere/topic/family-households