Flaxton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Flaxton

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Flaxton, where the typical home holds only 2.3 people. This is a little below the national figure, reflecting a community with fewer large families and a high number of couple-only homes.

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Where Flaxton sits — Average household size

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 Flaxton — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Flaxton2.3
4560, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two-person homes are the most common here, making up 57.1% of all households. This helps explain why only 20.1% of people live alone, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.

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.

20.1% ▼ -8.0%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.9%
  • 2016: 23.3%
  • 2021: 20.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Flaxton, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up over half of all families at 54.7%. Only 8.4% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

8.4% ▼ -13.5%

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Flaxton, Couples without children is the majority at 55%; Couples with children is next at 36%.

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 Flaxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31050/flaxton/topic/family-households