2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Chances Plain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Chances Plain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families is a striking feature of Chances Plain, where traditional family structures dominate. Most homes here are larger than the national figure, with a strong presence of couples raising children.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Chances Plain — higher than 76% of areas.
| Chances Plain | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4413, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Chances Plain are typically larger than those in the rest of Australia, with 2.8 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 17.6%, which is well below the Queensland figure.
17.6% ▲ +43.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Chances Plain, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 5 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 65.6%. This high proportion helps explain why there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below both the state and national averages.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Chances Plain, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Chances Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30578/chances-plain/topic/family-households