Minerva · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Minerva

How families and households are made up across the area.

A typical home in Minerva holds 3.4 people, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This makes the area one of the places with the highest number of people per home in its class. The community is overwhelmingly made up of family groups, with almost no one-parent families.

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📍 Minerva, Suburb / Locality

Where Minerva sits — Average household size

3.4
  • 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 Minerva — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Minerva3.4
4722, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much more crowded than in most other areas. With 3.4 people per home, the figure is well above the national and state typical of 2.5.

3.4

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Minerva, the largest group is 4 people at 36%, followed by 2 people (21%) and 3 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life in Minerva is dominated by couples, with 67.5% having children and 42.5% without. There are no one-parent or other family types, a figure far below the Queensland rate of 15.4%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Minerva, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

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 Minerva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31852/minerva/topic/family-households