2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Idalia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Idalia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Idalia, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This is higher than most similar areas, reflecting a community where few people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Idalia — higher than 71% of areas.
| Idalia | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4811, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 17.5% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. The most common household size is two people (35.3%), while 19% of homes contain four people.
17.5% ▲ +43.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Idalia, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families here at 63.5%. One-parent families account for 10.5%, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
10.5% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Idalia, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children 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 Idalia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31380/idalia/topic/family-households