3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Packers Camp · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households have become the norm in Packers Camp, where 3.0 people now live in the typical home. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a place where very few people live on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Packers Camp — higher than 86% of areas.
| Packers Camp | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4865, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Only 10% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than most, with 75% of households containing either two or four people.
3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Packers Camp splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 4 people (35%), with 1 person at 10%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 68.5% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
10.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Packers Camp, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Packers Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32249/packers-camp/topic/family-households