Garnant · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Garnant

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small households are the norm in Garnant, where the typical home holds only two people. This is much lower than the national figure and reflects a community with a very high number of people living alone.

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📍 Garnant, Suburb / Locality

Where Garnant sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Garnant — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Garnant2.0
4702, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 34.3% of people live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical home has just 2.0 people, a figure well below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.0

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

34.3%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.4%
  • 2021: 34.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Garnant, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 1 person is next at 40%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most families here are couples without children, making up 61.8% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

10.9%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 33.3%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Garnant, Couples without children is the majority at 64%; Couples with children is next at 25%.

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 Garnant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31100/garnant/topic/family-households