2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Horse Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Horse Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of single-person homes and lone parents than most similar areas defines Horse Creek. While the typical household size mirrors the national figure, the community has a distinct mix of small and large family setups.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Horse Creek — lower than 57% of areas.
| Horse Creek | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4714, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. On average, there are 2.4 people per home, nearly the same as the 2.5 seen across Australia.
30.0% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 45.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Horse Creek splits fairly evenly between 1 person (28%) and 3 people (28%), with 2 people at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.5% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type, accounting for 50.9% of the total.
24.5% ▲ +66.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Horse Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Horse Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31361/horse-creek/topic/family-households