2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Happy Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Happy Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become a more defining feature of Happy Valley since 2011. The area now sees 2.9 people per home, which is much higher than most similar places. This shift is driven by a high number of families with children living together.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Happy Valley — higher than 81% of areas.
| Happy Valley | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at 21.6%, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.6% ▲ +64.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Happy Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 people (23%) and 3 people (23%), with 1 person at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are couples with children, making up 72.3% of the area. Single-parent families account for 12.5%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.5% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Happy Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 15%.
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 Happy Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31295/happy-valley/topic/family-households