3.2 ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kurwongbah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Kurwongbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become a defining feature of Kurwongbah since 2011. The area is now dominated by families with children, with the typical home holding 3.2 people—well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.2
▲ +3.2%
- 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 Kurwongbah — higher than 89% of areas.
| Kurwongbah | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4503, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 31.1% of households containing two people and 20.3% containing four. Very few people live alone in Kurwongbah, at just 10.8%, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
10.8% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kurwongbah, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are family-based, with couples with children making up 60.7% of the mix. One-parent families account for 11.0%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kurwongbah, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Kurwongbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31596/kurwongbah/topic/family-households