Packers Camp · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Packers Camp

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.

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📍 Packers Camp, Suburb / Locality

Where Packers Camp sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Packers Camp — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Packers Camp3.0
4865, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.0%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.3%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Packers Camp splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 4 people (35%), with 1 person at 10%.

Families

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.

  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 10.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Packers Camp, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 21%.

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 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