2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Miles · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Miles
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Miles are couples with children, making this the most common household type. Despite this, the area has a surprisingly high number of people living alone compared to other similar places. This creates a mix of larger family homes and a significant number of small, single-person households.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Miles — lower than 71% of areas.
| Miles | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4415, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person homes are much more common here than in most areas, with 34.2% of households consisting of a single person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%, and helps explain why the typical home in Miles has only 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
34.2% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Miles splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.5% of the local total, a figure that is well above both the Queensland average of 15.4% and the national figure of 14.1%.
19.5% ▲ +85.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Miles, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Miles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31833/miles/topic/family-households