2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Oxley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Oxley than in most similar areas, with a high proportion of homes shared by multiple people. This makes it a family-focused suburb where 63% of all families are couples with children.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 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 Oxley — higher than 71% of areas.
| Oxley | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4075, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Oxley holds 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas. This is reflected in the fact that only 20% of people live alone, a figure well below the national rate of 25.6%.
20.0% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Oxley, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 63% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7%, which is higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.7% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oxley, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32243/oxley/topic/family-households