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.
Keppel Sands · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Keppel Sands — lower than 86% of areas.
| Keppel Sands | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
37.5% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Keppel Sands, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (37%) and 3 people (11%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Keppel Sands, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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