3.5 ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drewvale · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
A gap of one full person per home separates Drewvale from the national average, with typical households here being far larger than those across Queensland and Australia. This is a place where few people live alone and large family groups are the norm.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Drewvale — higher than 95% of areas.
| Drewvale | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 4116, QLD | 3.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Homes in Drewvale are much larger than usual, with 3.5 people per household compared to 2.5 nationally. This is reflected in the same-sex or mixed-sex group split, as only 9% of people live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
3.5 ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
9.0% ▲ +17.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Drewvale, the largest group is 4 people at 27%, followed by 2 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 73.2%. One-parent families account for 12.3% of the total, which is well below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.
12.3% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Drewvale, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Drewvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30877/drewvale/topic/family-households