Didcot · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Didcot

How families and households are made up across the area.

A much higher rate of one-parent families than the state average defines the household landscape in Didcot. While the typical home holds about 2.7 people, nearly a quarter of all families are led by a single parent.

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📍 Didcot, Suburb / Locality

Where Didcot sits — Average household size

2.7 → 0.0%
  • 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 Didcot — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Didcot2.7
4621, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes in Didcot house three or four people, with 29.6% and 25.9% respectively. About 25.9% of people live alone, which is roughly the same as the national figure.

2.7 → 0.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.9% ▼ -2.6%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.6%
  • 2021: 25.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Didcot splits fairly evenly between 3 people (27%) and 1 person (23%), with 4 people at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, which is well above the 15.4% seen across Queensland. Couples with children are the most common family type at 67.2%.

23.4% ▲ +69.9%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 23.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Didcot, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 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 Didcot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30842/didcot/topic/family-households