2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Elbow Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Elbow Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live on their own in Elbow Valley, where the community is built largely around couples and families. Most homes are shared, with the typical household containing nearly three people.
2.7
—
- 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 Elbow Valley — higher than 71% of areas.
| Elbow Valley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4370, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 13.5% of people live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This means more people live in shared homes here than in most other areas, with nearly half of all households consisting of two people.
13.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Elbow Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 52.1% raising children and 38.3% without. Only 6.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Elbow Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 40%.
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 Elbow Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30956/elbow-valley/topic/family-households