2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Northgate
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Northgate are couples with children, making this the most common family type in the area. The suburb has a diverse mix of living arrangements, with a notably high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.
2.4
▲ +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 Northgate — lower than 57% of areas.
| Northgate | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4013, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.2% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
30.2% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Northgate splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 58.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.3%, which is well below the 15.4% seen across Queensland.
12.3% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Northgate, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32188/northgate/topic/family-households