2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Leichhardt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Leichhardt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of families in Leichhardt are led by a single parent, a figure far above the national average. This makes it an area with a much higher proportion of one-parent households compared to most other similar places.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Leichhardt — higher than 50% of areas.
| Leichhardt | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4305, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. About 26.2% of households consist of one person, while 33.2% are made up of two people.
26.2% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Leichhardt, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.9% of the total, which is far above the 15.4% seen across Queensland and 14.1% nationally. Couples with children are also common, accounting for 38.3% of families.
39.9% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Leichhardt splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (40%) and Couples with children (38%), with Couples without children at 20%.
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 Leichhardt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31650/leichhardt/topic/family-households