2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glen Esk · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glen Esk
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent homes shapes daily life in Glen Esk, where 26.3% of families are headed by one parent. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. The community is a mix of small and large households, with a notable number of people living on their own.
2.6
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- 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 Esk — higher than 57% of areas.
| Glen Esk | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4312, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Glen Esk typically hold 2.6 people, which is about the same as the Australian average. About 27.3% of residents live alone, a figure slightly above both the state and national averages.
27.3% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glen Esk splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (33%), with 4 people at 33%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are very common here, making up 26.3% of all families—far above the Queensland rate of 15.4%. Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 42.1%, followed closely by couples with children at 39.5%.
26.3% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Glen Esk splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 24%.
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 Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31146/glen-esk/topic/family-households