2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Drillham · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Drillham
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 43% of households in Drillham are made up of just one person. This is a striking figure for the area, as the proportion of people living alone is far above both the Queensland and national figures. While most homes house about 2.5 people, the community is split between these single-person households and a large number of families with children.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Drillham — higher than 50% of areas.
| Drillham | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4424, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households are very common here at 43.6%, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 25.6%. Other home sizes vary, with 28.2% of households containing two people and 17.9% holding four.
43.6% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Drillham, the largest group is 1 person at 36%, followed by 2 people (23%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.9% of families. One-parent families account for 15.5%, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.5% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Drillham, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 17%.
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 Drillham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30878/drillham/topic/family-households