2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Degarra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Degarra
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines daily life in Degarra, where 40% of households consist of just one person. This is far above the national figure and helps explain why homes here typically hold fewer people than those in most other areas.
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 Degarra — lower than 71% of areas.
| Degarra | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4895, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.3 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. While 40% of households are single-person, 16.7% are quite large with six or more people.
40.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Degarra, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 2 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 53.6% of families in Degarra, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children account for another 26.8% of the local family mix.
53.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Degarra, One-parent families is the majority at 57%; Couples with 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 Degarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30826/degarra/topic/family-households