Oakdale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Oakdale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Oakdale has a much higher proportion of single-parent families than most similar areas. While the typical home size matches state and national figures, the family structures here differ significantly from the broader Queensland trend.

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📍 Oakdale, Suburb / Locality

Where Oakdale sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Oakdale — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Oakdale2.5
4605, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 2.5 people live in each home, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Oakdale, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (33%) and 1 person (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 28.6% of the community, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Other common family types include couples without children at 46.4% and couples with children at 35.7%.

28.6%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 28.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Oakdale, the largest group is Couples without children at 37%, followed by Couples with children (29%) and One-parent families (23%).

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 Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32207/oakdale/topic/family-households