Lonesome Creek · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lonesome Creek

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Lonesome Creek have remained steady over the last decade, with couples with children making up 71.6% of households. This is a place where few people live alone, and most homes are occupied by families.

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📍 Lonesome Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Lonesome Creek sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -7.1%
  • 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 Lonesome Creek — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lonesome Creek2.6
4719, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Lonesome Creek houses 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 18.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.

2.6 ▼ -7.1%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.5% ▲ +15.1%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.1%
  • 2016: 32.1%
  • 2021: 18.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lonesome Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 4 people (23%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children are very common here, while one-parent families are completely absent. At 0.0%, this is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Lonesome Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Lonesome Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31682/lonesome-creek/topic/family-households