Glen Aplin · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Glen Aplin

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Glen Aplin have remained steady over the last decade, with 44.1% of families being couples with children. This creates a balanced community where family homes and single-person households both play a significant role in the local landscape.

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📍 Glen Aplin, Suburb / Locality

Where Glen Aplin sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -4.0%
  • 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 Glen Aplin — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Glen Aplin2.4
4381, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 24% of people here live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 43.1% containing two people and a typical household size of 2.4 people, nearly identical to the Queensland average.

2.4 ▼ -4.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

24.0% ▲ +0.2%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.0%
  • 2016: 24.7%
  • 2021: 24.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Glen Aplin, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (12%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 44.1% of families, while couples without children account for 40%. Only 12.3% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

12.3% ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.3%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 12.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Glen Aplin splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 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 Glen Aplin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31141/glen-aplin/topic/family-households