2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Childers
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of people live alone in Childers, a figure far above the national average. This trend means the area has a much smaller typical household size than most other parts of the country.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Childers — lower than 86% of areas.
| Childers | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4660, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 44.6% of people living alone, Childers has one of the highest rates of single-person homes for its area. Consequently, the typical home holds just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
44.6% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Childers, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the total, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. Couples with children are the most common family type at 40.7%.
23.1% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Childers, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30600/childers/topic/family-households