Inkerman · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Inkerman

How families and households are made up across the area.

Most areas like this one have more people living alone, but Inkerman is different with only 20.4% of households being single-person homes. It is a place where households are usually small, though a high number of families with children still live here.

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📍 Inkerman, Suburb / Locality

Where Inkerman sits — Average household size

2.5 ▲ +4.2%
  • 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 Inkerman — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Inkerman2.5
4806, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Inkerman houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. While 46.9% of homes have two people, the proportion of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%.

2.5 ▲ +4.2%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

20.4% ▼ -9.8%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.6%
  • 2016: 21.4%
  • 2021: 20.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Inkerman, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 45.1% of families here, while 41.2% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

12.7% ▲ +196.1%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 14.5%
  • 2021: 12.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Inkerman splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 Inkerman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31396/inkerman/topic/family-households