3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highland Plains · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highland Plains
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes with more people inside them are common in Highland Plains. This area stands out for having a much higher proportion of single-parent families than the rest of the state, with 27.3% of families fitting this description.
3.1
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- 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 Highland Plains — higher than 88% of areas.
| Highland Plains | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4401, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home is 3.1, which is among the highest for similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.5.
Household size
View on map →In Highland Plains, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 27.3% of families, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Most other families are couples without children (45.5%) or couples with children (43.2%).
27.3% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Highland Plains splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (39%) and Couples with children (37%), with One-parent families at 24%.
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 Highland Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31335/highland-plains/topic/family-households