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.
Ocean View · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ocean View — higher than 57% of areas.
| Ocean View | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4521, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
15.8% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ocean View, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (15%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Ocean View, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (8%).
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