Deebing Heights · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Deebing Heights

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly 70% of families in Deebing Heights are couples with children, making it a major hub for families. This high number of children helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with three people living in the typical household.

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📍 Deebing Heights, Suburb / Locality

Where Deebing Heights sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -14.3%
  • 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 Deebing Heights — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Deebing Heights3.0
4306, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is uncommon here, with only 14.9% of people in single-person homes, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, households are larger than most areas, with a typical size of 3.0 people.

3.0 ▼ -14.3%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.9% ▲ +254.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 11.4%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Deebing Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 12.7% of the area, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

12.7% ▲ +279.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 11.0%
  • 2021: 12.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Deebing Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 17%.

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 Deebing Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30821/deebing-heights/topic/family-households