2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Doonan · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Doonan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Doonan compared to the rest of the country. This area is mostly made up of larger households, with a typical home holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Doonan — higher than 81% of areas.
| Doonan | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4562, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 39.4% of homes housing two people and 20.3% holding four, the typical household size is much higher than in most areas. Only 11.7% of residents live alone, a figure far below the Queensland average of 24.7%.
11.7% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Doonan, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the largest group at 61.2%. Single-parent families are less common here than in most areas, at 7.7%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
7.7% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Doonan, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Doonan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30866/doonan/topic/family-households