2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Douglas · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Douglas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few people live alone in Douglas, where homes are larger and more likely to house multiple people than in other areas. This is a family-focused community where nearly every household consists of two or more people, standing in stark contrast to the state and national trends.
2.8
—
- 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 Douglas — higher than 76% of areas.
| Douglas | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4354, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Douglas holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 9.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
9.8% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Douglas, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.1% of families here, while 46.1% are couples without children. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Douglas, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 46%.
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30870/douglas/topic/family-households