Greenslopes · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Greenslopes

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Greenslopes than in most similar areas. This trend keeps the typical home size small, with only 2.2 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Greenslopes, Suburb / Locality

Where Greenslopes sits — Average household size

2.2 → 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 Greenslopes — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Greenslopes2.2
4120, QLD 2.1
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 33% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, two-person homes are the most common at 35.1%.

2.2 → 0.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.0% ▼ -5.6%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 35.0%
  • 2016: 31.8%
  • 2021: 33.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Greenslopes splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up about half of all families here. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is well below the state figure of 15.4%.

11.5% ▲ +0.7%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.4%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Greenslopes, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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 Greenslopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31242/greenslopes/topic/family-households