2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Howard · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Howard
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 45% of families in Howard are couples without children, making them the most common household type. The area has a higher proportion of people living alone and one-parent families than most similar places.
2.2
▼ -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 Howard — lower than 76% of areas.
| Howard | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4659, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 25%. This helps explain why the typical home in Howard has only 2.2 people, a little below the national average of 2.5.
30.7% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Howard, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the total, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
19.5% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Howard, the largest group is Couples without children at 45%, followed by Couples with children (32%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Howard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31365/howard/topic/family-households