Nerang · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Nerang

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Nerang are couples with children. This makes it a family-focused area, though it also sees a much higher share of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.

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Where Nerang sits — Average household size

2.5 → 0.0%
  • 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 Nerang — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nerang2.5
4211, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Nerang holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, 28.2% of households are people living alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.2% ▲ +10.9%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.4%
  • 2016: 28.0%
  • 2021: 28.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Nerang splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 20.2% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant trend for Nerang, where one-parent families are much more common than in most other areas.

20.2% ▲ +4.0%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.5%
  • 2016: 20.2%
  • 2021: 20.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Nerang, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Nerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32117/nerang/topic/family-households