Jensen · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Jensen

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger homes than most similar areas define Jensen, where the typical household holds 3.0 people. This is a family-heavy community with very few people living on their own.

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📍 Jensen, Suburb / Locality

Where Jensen sits — Average household size

3.0 → 0.0%
  • 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 Jensen — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Jensen3.0
4818, QLD 2.8
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 10.3% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here holds 3.0 people, a little above the Queensland average of 2.5.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.3% ▼ -14.8%

Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.1%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Jensen, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up 62.5% of the area. One-parent families account for 10.9%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

10.9% ▲ +5.6%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.3%
  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 10.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Jensen, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Jensen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31437/jensen/topic/family-households