2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Island Plantation · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Island Plantation
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Island Plantation, where a typical home holds 2.6 people. This is higher than most similar areas and reflects a community where over half of all families include children.
2.6
—
- 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 Island Plantation — higher than 57% of areas.
| Island Plantation | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 42.6% of households. This helps explain why the 22.2% of people living alone is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Island Plantation, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (25%) and 1 person (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.0%, which is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
14.0% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Island Plantation, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Island Plantation [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31418/island-plantation/topic/family-households