2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Ipswich
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in North Ipswich than in most similar areas, with 30.4% of households consisting of just one person. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area has a notably high proportion of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 North Ipswich — lower than 57% of areas.
| North Ipswich | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4305, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical household size of 2.4 people is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
30.4% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Ipswich splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.8% of the community, a figure well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, while couples with children account for 50.4% of families.
21.8% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Ipswich, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 North Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32175/north-ipswich/topic/family-households