2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Garbutt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Garbutt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of people in Garbutt live alone, a figure far above the national average. This creates a distinct profile for the area, where single-person homes are much more common than in the rest of the state.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 Garbutt — lower than 86% of areas.
| Garbutt | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4814, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Garbutt holds only 2 people, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This small household size is driven by the fact that 44.8% of residents live alone, among the highest rates for similar areas.
44.8% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 43.2%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Garbutt, the largest group is 1 person at 45%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.6% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 35.8%, followed by couples without children at 27.8%.
33.6% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Garbutt splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (36%) and One-parent families (33%), with Couples without children at 28%.
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 Garbutt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31098/garbutt/topic/family-households