Nine Mile · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Nine Mile

How families and households are made up across the area.

A steady pattern of family living has shaped Nine Mile, where more than half of all households consist of couples with children. The area remains a traditional family hub, with a typical home holding 2.6 people, which is slightly higher than the national figure.

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📍 Nine Mile, Suburb / Locality

Where Nine Mile sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Nine Mile — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Nine Mile2.6
4702, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 25% of people here live alone, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages. Homes often hold multiple people, with 35.7% of households containing two people and another 35.7% holding four.

2.6

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.0%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.0%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Nine Mile splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 4 people (33%), with 1 person at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 53.3% of families, while those without children account for 38.3%. There are no one-parent families in the area, a figure that is far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Nine Mile, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 42%.

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 Nine Mile [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32146/nine-mile/topic/family-households