3.2 ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakenden · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oakenden
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than three people typically live in each home in Oakenden, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. This makes it an area of large households, where few people live alone and most homes are headed by couples with children.
3.2
▲ +10.3%
- 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 Oakenden — higher than 89% of areas.
| Oakenden | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 6.1% of people live alone here, a figure far below the Queensland average of 24.7%. This helps explain why the typical home is so crowded, with 30.3% of households containing two people and another 24.2% containing three.
6.1% ▼ -51.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oakenden, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.0%. In contrast, one-parent families account for just 6.2%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.2% ▲ +174.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakenden, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Oakenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32208/oakenden/topic/family-households