2.5 ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Croydon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Croydon than in most similar areas, with 44.1% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a distinct local profile where single-person homes are much more common than the national figure. The area also has a notably high proportion of one-parent families.
2.5
▼ -13.8%
- 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 Croydon — higher than 50% of areas.
| Croydon | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all homes are occupied by one person, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Despite this, the typical household size of 2.5 people is about the same as the state and national averages.
44.1% ▲ +73.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Croydon, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (25%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.4% of the local total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Nearly half of families are couples with children, while 23.3% are couples without children.
26.4% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Croydon, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (26%) and Couples without children (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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30760/croydon/topic/family-households