3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Irongate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Irongate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each Irongate home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it a place of large households where very few people live alone. Most homes here are occupied by couples with children.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 Irongate — higher than 89% of areas.
| Irongate | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4356, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.2 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas. Only 7.9% of people live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
7.9% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Irongate, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 4 people (25%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up the vast majority of households at 80.7%. One-parent families account for only 7.0%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
7.0% ▲ +36.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Irongate, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next 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 Irongate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31409/irongate/topic/family-households