2.2 ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Dirranbandi · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Dirranbandi
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of homes in Dirranbandi are occupied by people living alone, which is well above the national figure. This means households here are smaller than usual, with a typical home holding just 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -12.0%
- 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 Dirranbandi — lower than 76% of areas.
| Dirranbandi | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4486, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.3% of residents live alone, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.2 people is a little below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
34.3% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Dirranbandi splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (34%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.5% of families, while one-parent families account for 11.7%, which is well below the Queensland average.
11.7% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Dirranbandi, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Dirranbandi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30851/dirranbandi/topic/family-households