Orange Hill · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Orange Hill

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are the norm in Orange Hill, where a typical home holds 2.7 people. This reflects a community geared toward families, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Orange Hill, Suburb / Locality

Where Orange Hill sits — Average household size

2.7
  • 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 Orange Hill — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Orange Hill2.7
4455, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 17.2% of residents live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Most homes house two people (36.2%) or three people (27.6%), contributing to a household size that is slightly higher than the national average.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.2%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 19.4%
  • 2021: 17.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Orange Hill, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (26%) and 4 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 63.2% of the area, while one-parent families are very rare at just 2.8%. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

2.8%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Orange Hill, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Orange Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32231/orange-hill/topic/family-households