2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lowood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lowood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-parent families shapes the domestic life of Lowood, where 23.9% of families fit this description. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most homes here are occupied by couples, though larger households are more common than in many other areas.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Lowood — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lowood | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4311, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lowood holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About a quarter of all households are people living alone, a figure that sits around the middle for its level.
24.8% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lowood, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.9% of the total, which is among the highest for its level and well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.9%.
23.9% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lowood, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31700/lowood/topic/family-households