Keppel Sands · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Keppel Sands

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes set Keppel Sands apart from most similar areas. Only two people live in the typical home, which is well below the Queensland and national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a high number of people living alone.

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Where Keppel Sands sits — Average household size

2.0 → 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 Keppel Sands — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Keppel Sands2.0
4702, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 37.5% of people live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Most homes are small, with 46.9% housing two people and 37.5% housing just one.

2.0 → 0.0%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.5% ▲ +22.3%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 30.7%
  • 2016: 35.1%
  • 2021: 37.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Keppel Sands, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up over half of all families at 53.3%. One-parent families account for 14.6%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

14.6% ▲ +68.9%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 10.8%
  • 2021: 14.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Keppel Sands, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 33%.

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 Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31514/keppel-sands/topic/family-households