2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in East Ipswich
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in East Ipswich are made up of people living alone. This high number of single-person homes means the area has a smaller typical household size than the state and national figures.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 East Ipswich — lower than 76% of areas.
| East Ipswich | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4305, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 35.6% of people living alone. This is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%, and results in a typical home size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the national average.
35.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Ipswich splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 27.4% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas.
27.4% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Ipswich, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by One-parent families (27%) and Couples without children (25%).
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 East Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30928/east-ipswich/topic/family-households