2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Degilbo · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Degilbo
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in Degilbo, where the typical home now holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most similar areas, reflecting a community with a very high number of people living alone.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Degilbo — lower than 81% of areas.
| Degilbo | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4621, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.3% of people here live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7% and among the highest for areas of this type. Because so many live alone or in pairs, the typical home is smaller than the national figure.
40.3% ▲ +138.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Degilbo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (39%), with 4 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.5% of the area, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples without children, while 33.3% are couples with children.
17.5% ▲ +187.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Degilbo, the largest group is Couples without children at 49%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Degilbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30827/degilbo/topic/family-households