Centenary Heights · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Centenary Heights

How families and households are made up across the area.

Well above the national average, 32.3% of people in Centenary Heights live alone. This creates a distinct housing pattern where homes are smaller than usual, with the typical resident sharing their space with fewer people than in most other areas.

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📍 Centenary Heights, Suburb / Locality

Where Centenary Heights sits — Average household size

2.3 → 0.0%
  • 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 Centenary Heights — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Centenary Heights2.3
4350, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of single-person households, which are much more common here than in most other areas.

2.3 → 0.0%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.3% ▲ +8.0%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 29.9%
  • 2016: 29.7%
  • 2021: 32.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Centenary Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

About half of all families are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 19.0% of the total. This proportion of single-parent homes is well above the national figure of 14.1%.

19.0% ▲ +11.4%

Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.0%
  • 2016: 18.9%
  • 2021: 19.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Centenary Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

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 Centenary Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30574/centenary-heights/topic/family-households