2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fletcher · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fletcher
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of people living alone than most similar areas define Fletcher. While the area has a mix of family types, a third of all households are single-person homes, contributing to a smaller typical household size than the state average.
2.3
—
- 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 Fletcher — lower than 71% of areas.
| Fletcher | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4381, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Fletcher holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 33.3% of people live alone, a figure well above the national average.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fletcher, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the local mix, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Couples with and without children each account for 39.8% of families.
18.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Fletcher splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 17%.
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 Fletcher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31051/fletcher/topic/family-households