2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Fordsdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Fordsdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family living patterns in Fordsdale have remained steady over the last decade. This is a small residential area where half of all families are couples with children, and the typical home houses 2.4 people.
2.4
—
- 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 Fordsdale — lower than 57% of areas.
| Fordsdale | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4343, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual household size is 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national and state figures. Only 20.8% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Fordsdale, 2 people is the majority at 62%; 1 person is next at 38%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of the families here are couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.1% of the total, which is well below the 14.1% national average.
9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Fordsdale, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and Other families (13%).
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 Fordsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31059/fordsdale/topic/family-households