Ocean View · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ocean View

How families and households are made up across the area.

Nearly half of all households in Ocean View are couples with children. This makes the area much more family-oriented than most other regions, with very few people living on their own compared to the national average.

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Where Ocean View sits — Average household size

2.6 ▼ -3.7%
  • 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 Ocean View — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ocean View2.6
4521, QLD 2.8
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Only 15.8% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.

2.6 ▼ -3.7%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.8% ▼ -2.3%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.2%
  • 2016: 14.4%
  • 2021: 15.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Ocean View, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (15%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is common here, with 49.1% of homes being couples with children and 42.8% being couples without. One-parent families make up only 7.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

7.6% ▲ +5.4%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.2%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Ocean View, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (8%).

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 Ocean View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32218/ocean-view/topic/family-households