1.6 —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 1.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Opalton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Opalton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Six out of ten people live by themselves in Opalton, making it an area of very small households. This sparsity is striking, as the typical home here holds only 1.6 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.6
—
- 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 Opalton — lower than 97% of areas.
| Opalton | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| 4735, QLD | 2.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes are common, with 60% of residents living alone. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia, and results in a typical household size that is among the lowest for similar areas.
60.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Opalton, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (40%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples without children, who account for 61.9% of family households.
19.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Opalton, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 19%.
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 Opalton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32228/opalton/topic/family-households