3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Federal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Federal compared to the rest of the state, with only 14% of households being single-person homes. This is a community where larger households are the norm, and more than half of all families consist of couples raising children.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 Federal — higher than 86% of areas.
| Federal | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4568, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Federal are larger than usual, with typically 3.0 people per dwelling, which is a little above the state and national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the household mix, where two-person homes are the most common at 36.4%.
14.0% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Federal, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (15%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 57.8%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.
14.1% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Federal, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31025/federal/topic/family-households