3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Crestmead · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Crestmead
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of one-parent families live in Crestmead than in the rest of Australia, with 25.8% of families falling into this group. This creates a community where homes are typically larger and more crowded than the national average. It is an area where few people live alone, as 3.1 people usually share a home.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Crestmead — higher than 88% of areas.
| Crestmead | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4132, QLD | 3.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Crestmead has some of the highest numbers of people per home at this level, with 3.1 people typically living together. This is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia, and it helps explain why only 17% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure.
17.0% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Crestmead, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children are common, making up 57.8% of the total. The number of one-parent families is far above the Queensland and Australian figures, standing at 25.8%.
25.8% ▲ +13.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Crestmead, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families is next at 26%.
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 Crestmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30750/crestmead/topic/family-households