3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenorchy · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Glenorchy
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are the norm in Glenorchy, where an average of 3.1 people live in each dwelling. This is a little above the national figure and reflects a community dominated by family groups rather than individuals.
3.1
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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 Glenorchy — higher than 88% of areas.
| Glenorchy | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are larger than most, with only 13% of people living alone. This is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia, as 39.1% of households contain two people and 26.1% contain four.
13.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glenorchy, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 5 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, with couples with children making up 67.6% of the mix. Notably, there are no one-parent families, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenorchy, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31169/glenorchy/topic/family-households