Natural Bridge · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Natural Bridge

How families and households are made up across the area.

A higher proportion of single-parent families than most areas shapes the domestic life of Natural Bridge. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the community is split fairly evenly between couples with children and those without.

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📍 Natural Bridge, Suburb / Locality

Where Natural Bridge sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Natural Bridge — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Natural Bridge2.4
4211, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The usual household size is about 2.4 people, which is nearly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Roughly a quarter of residents live alone, a rate that sits around the middle for similar areas.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.9
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.0%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 48.4%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Natural Bridge, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (24%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 16.7% of the community, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 42.4%.

16.7%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 22.0%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Natural Bridge splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 17%.

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 Natural Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32110/natural-bridge/topic/family-households