1.9 ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hamilton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty per cent of homes in Hamilton are occupied by people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This makes it a place of small households, where the typical home holds fewer people than most other areas in the state.
1.9
▼ -13.6%
- 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 Hamilton — lower than 89% of areas.
| Hamilton | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4007, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 1.9 people per home, household size is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the data, as 40.8% of homes are one-person households.
40.8% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hamilton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (41%) and 2 people (39%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 47%, while couples with children account for 40.5%. One-parent families make up 10.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.2% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hamilton, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31289/hamilton/topic/family-households