2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hirstglen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hirstglen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Hirstglen are couples without children, making it the most common family type here. The area is mostly made up of family groups, with a very low number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 Hirstglen — lower than 57% of areas.
| Hirstglen | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4359, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Hirstglen has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. Very few people live alone here, at just 9.7%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%.
9.7% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Hirstglen, 2 people is the majority at 67%; 3 people is next at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other families in the area include couples with children (36.7%) and couples without children (46.7%).
25.0% ▲ +66.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hirstglen, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (34%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Hirstglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31341/hirstglen/topic/family-households