2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paddington · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paddington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Paddington than in most similar areas, with 26.7% of households consisting of just one person. This inner-city suburb typically sees 2.5 people per home, which matches the state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 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 Paddington — higher than 50% of areas.
| Paddington | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4064, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.7% of residents live alone, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 32.3% of all homes.
26.7% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paddington, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 9.5% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
9.5% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paddington, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Paddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32250/paddington/topic/family-households