Greens Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greens Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are common in Greens Creek, where 55.4% of families are couples with children. This is a place where family life dominates the local landscape, with very few single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Greens Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Greens Creek sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -7.1%
  • 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 Greens Creek — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greens Creek2.6
4570, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Most homes have two people, making up 40.2% of households. About 22.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.6 ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

22.1% ▲ +32.8%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 18.3%
  • 2021: 22.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Greens Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 6.1% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

6.1% ▲ +22.4%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greens Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

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 Greens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31241/greens-creek/topic/family-households