3.4 ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Heathwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Heathwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly one more person lives in each home in Heathwood than the national figure. This is a family-focused area where large households are the norm and very few people live by themselves. Most homes are anchored by couples with children, creating a living environment that is much more crowded than the state average.
3.4
▲ +6.2%
- 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 Heathwood — higher than 93% of areas.
| Heathwood | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4110, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.4 people per home, Heathwood has one of the highest household sizes in the region. This is far above the Queensland figure of 2.5, and only 6.6% of people live alone, which is much lower than the 25.6% seen across Australia.
6.6% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Heathwood, the largest group is 4 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (23%) and 2 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 76.3%. In contrast, one-parent families account for only 8.7%, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Heathwood, Couples with children is the majority at 76%; Couples without children is next at 14%.
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 Heathwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31311/heathwood/topic/family-households