2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maidenwell · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all households in Maidenwell are made up of two people. This small community is marked by a high number of people living alone and a notably low rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Maidenwell — lower than 81% of areas.
| Maidenwell | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4615, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 32.2% of people live alone, a figure well above the 25.6% national average.
2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
32.2% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Maidenwell, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (9%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 53%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 7.4% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
7.4% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Maidenwell, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Maidenwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31734/maidenwell/topic/family-households