Christmas Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Christmas Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a home in Christmas Creek than in most similar areas. This is a family-focused place where nearly half of all households are couples with children, which helps explain why so few residents live by themselves.

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📍 Christmas Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Christmas Creek sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Christmas Creek — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Christmas Creek2.6
4285, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 17.2% of people live alone here, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. The typical home holds 2.6 people, a slightly higher number than the national figure of 2.5.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.2%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 25.9%
  • 2021: 17.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Christmas Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 5 people (24%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 49.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.8%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

13.8%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.6%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Christmas Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Christmas Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30605/christmas-creek/topic/family-households