3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ilkley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ilkley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Ilkley compared to the rest of the country. This creates a community where homes are larger and more crowded than usual, with three people typically sharing a roof. These patterns suggest a place where most residents live as part of a larger family group.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 Ilkley — higher than 86% of areas.
| Ilkley | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4554, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ilkley holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national and state figures. Only 15.5% of people live alone, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.5% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ilkley, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 63.8%. One-parent families account for 8.3%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
8.3% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ilkley, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Ilkley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31384/ilkley/topic/family-households