2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jacobs Well · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Jacobs Well
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family sizes have remained steady in Jacobs Well, where 2.7 people typically live in each home. This is slightly more than the national figure, reflecting a community where few people live on their own.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Jacobs Well — higher than 71% of areas.
| Jacobs Well | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4208, QLD | 3.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.4% of households consist of one person, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Most homes are occupied by two people (39.4%) or three people (20.7%).
13.4% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Jacobs Well, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.4%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
9.4% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jacobs Well, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Jacobs Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31424/jacobs-well/topic/family-households