Ogmore · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ogmore

How families and households are made up across the area.

Small household sizes define daily life in Ogmore, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most other areas, with over 31% of residents living alone. The area is largely split between couples and single-person households.

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📍 Ogmore, Suburb / Locality

Where Ogmore sits — Average household size

2.1 —
  • 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 Ogmore — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ogmore2.1
4706, QLD 2.1
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly a third of households in Ogmore are people living alone, a figure well above both the Queensland and national rates. This helps explain why the typical home size of 2.1 people is a little below the national figure of 2.5.

2.1 —

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.6% —

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 61.1%
  • 2021: 31.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Ogmore, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (7%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with and without children make up the vast majority of families here. One-parent families account for 9.4% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

9.4% —

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Ogmore splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.

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 Ogmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32219/ogmore/topic/family-households