Greenmount · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greenmount

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Greenmount than in most similar areas. This is a place where households are typically larger, with 2.7 people per home and a very high proportion of couples raising children together.

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📍 Greenmount, Suburb / Locality

Where Greenmount sits — Average household size

2.7 → 0.0%
  • 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 Greenmount — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greenmount2.7
4751, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 18.1% of people live alone here, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Most homes are occupied by two people (44%) or four people (19.9%), making the typical household size slightly higher than the national average.

2.7 → 0.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.1% ▲ +41.0%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.8%
  • 2016: 12.7%
  • 2021: 18.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Greenmount, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 1 person (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up 59.4% of the area. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent just 4.0% of the total, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%.

4.0% ▼ -22.5%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 10.6%
  • 2021: 4.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greenmount, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31239/greenmount/topic/family-households