2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Harrisville · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Harrisville
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Harrisville, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is a community of larger living groups, with very few residents living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Harrisville — higher than 76% of areas.
| Harrisville | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4307, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.1% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home holds 2.8 people, a little above the Queensland and Australian averages of 2.5.
15.1% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Harrisville, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 58.2%. One-parent families account for 14.0% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.0% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Harrisville, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Harrisville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31301/harrisville/topic/family-households