2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harlaxton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harlaxton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines daily life in Harlaxton, where 33.6% of households are single-person homes. This creates a community with smaller living arrangements than usual, far exceeding the national figure of 25.6%.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Harlaxton — lower than 71% of areas.
| Harlaxton | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Harlaxton are smaller than most, with a typical 2.3 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that people living alone are much more common here than in most other areas.
33.6% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Harlaxton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.1% of the local mix, which is far above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. While couples with children are the largest group at 47.4%, the high share of single-parent homes is among the highest for areas of this size.
26.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harlaxton, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by One-parent families (26%) and Couples without children (25%).
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 Harlaxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31296/harlaxton/topic/family-households