2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Eureka
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Eureka compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where larger households are common, with the typical home holding 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.
2.8
—
- 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 Eureka — higher than 76% of areas.
| Eureka | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4660, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly half of all homes in Eureka house two people, and 17.1% are single-person households. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%, and helps explain why people per home is much higher than in most areas.
17.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Eureka, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.2% of families here. This is a community where one-parent families are rare, at just 6.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Eureka, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 43%.
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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31001/eureka/topic/family-households