2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Miriam Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Miriam Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Miriam Vale than in most similar areas, with 30.5% of households consisting of just one person. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home here is smaller than the state and national average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Miriam Vale — lower than 76% of areas.
| Miriam Vale | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4677, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The usual home in Miriam Vale holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 40.5%, while 30.5% of people live alone.
30.5% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Miriam Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44% of families, followed closely by couples without children at 40.4%. One-parent families represent 14.2% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
14.2% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Miriam Vale splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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 Miriam Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31860/miriam-vale/topic/family-households