Ottaba · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ottaba

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up the largest family group in Ottaba, where 39.1% of families fit this category. This is a small community where households are typically larger than in most other similar areas, often housing around 2.7 people.

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📍 Ottaba, Suburb / Locality

Where Ottaba 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 Ottaba — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ottaba2.7
4313, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.7 people per home, households in Ottaba are larger than in most areas, though this is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.

2.7

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Ottaba, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 47%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.

21.7%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.6%
  • 2021: 21.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Ottaba splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (40%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 22%.

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 Ottaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32238/ottaba/topic/family-households