2.9 ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
O'Connell · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in O'Connell
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward larger living arrangements has seen O'Connell grow more crowded since 2011. The area is now dominated by family homes, with a very small number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▼ -9.4%
- 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 O'Connell — higher than 81% of areas.
| O'Connell | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with a typical household of 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 9.1% of people live alone, a rate far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
9.1% ▲ +103.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In O'Connell, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, with 61% being couples with children. One-parent families make up 9.9% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
9.9% ▲ +538.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In O'Connell, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 O'Connell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32203/o-connell/topic/family-households