2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Highworth · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Highworth
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families are much more common in Highworth than in other similar areas, sitting well above the national figure. Most homes here are family-based, with 54.2% being couples with children and a typical household size of 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Highworth — higher than 57% of areas.
| Highworth | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4560, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Household sizes are slightly higher than the state and national figures. While 25.6% of residents live alone, the most common arrangement is a two-person household, which accounts for 33.3% of homes.
25.6% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Highworth, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 19.8% of the total, a figure well above both the Queensland average of 15.4% and the Australian average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 54.2%.
19.8% ▲ +39.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Highworth, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Highworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31337/highworth/topic/family-households