2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Downsfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Downsfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than one in five families in Downsfield are led by a single parent, a rate well above the national figure. This creates a distinct local landscape where households are smaller than usual, with only 2.3 people per home compared to the typical 2.5 across Australia.
2.3
—
- 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 Downsfield — lower than 71% of areas.
| Downsfield | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.7% of people here live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Most homes contain two people, making up 44.4% of all households.
16.7% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Downsfield, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 21.0% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places. This sits alongside a high proportion of couples without children, who account for 50.0% of families.
21.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Downsfield, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Downsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30873/downsfield/topic/family-households