Foreshores · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Foreshores

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of families in Foreshores are couples with children, making it a family-focused area. The community is a mix of larger family homes and a notable number of people living by themselves.

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Where Foreshores sits — Average household size

2.5 —
  • 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 Foreshores — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Foreshores2.5
4678, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Two people are the most common household size at 43.6%. Around 27.3% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.

2.5 —

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.3% —

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 24.5%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Foreshores, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families are mostly couples, with 52.3% having children and 42.3% without. One-parent families make up only 4.5% of the total, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

4.5% —

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 4.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Foreshores, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; 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 Foreshores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31060/foreshores/topic/family-households