2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meadowbrook · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meadowbrook
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical Meadowbrook home, which is a little above the national figure. This area has a much higher proportion of larger households than most other places, with a strong presence of families with children.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Meadowbrook — higher than 81% of areas.
| Meadowbrook | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4131, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is less common here, with only 20.9% of people in single-person homes—well below the 25.6% national average. Most homes house two people (31.1%), while 8% of households are quite large with six or more residents.
20.9% ▲ +70.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meadowbrook, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 59.2%. One-parent families account for 16.3% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
16.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meadowbrook, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Meadowbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31795/meadowbrook/topic/family-households