2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Damascus · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Damascus
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Damascus than in other parts of the country, with 33.3% of households consisting of just one person. This creates a distinct profile for the area, where homes are generally smaller and family structures differ from the state average.
2.3
—
- 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 Damascus — lower than 71% of areas.
| Damascus | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4671, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Damascus holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. Half of all households consist of two people, while a third are single-person homes.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Damascus, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 34%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
There are no one-parent families in Damascus, a figure far below the Queensland average of 15.4%. Most families here are couples, with 51.4% having children and 43.1% without.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Damascus, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 46%.
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 Damascus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30802/damascus/topic/family-households