2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Emu Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Emu Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have become more common in Emu Park, with 28.1% of households now consisting of just one person. This trend contributes to a smaller typical household size than the national average, as nearly half of all homes house only two people.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Emu Park — lower than 71% of areas.
| Emu Park | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4710, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Emu Park holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone, at 28.1%, which is well above the Queensland rate of 24.7%.
28.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Emu Park, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with and without children make up almost equal shares of the area, at around 42% each. One-parent families account for 15.5% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
15.5% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Emu Park splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30975/emu-park/topic/family-households