2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palen Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palen Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much fewer people live alone in Palen Creek than in most other areas, with only 17.2% of households being single-person homes. This is well below the national figure of 25.6%, reflecting a community where most residents live in shared homes or family units.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Palen Creek — higher than 57% of areas.
| Palen Creek | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4287, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. Nearly 40% of households consist of two people, while 20.7% have four residents.
17.2% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palen Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.2% of families here. One-parent families represent 16.3% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
16.3% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palen Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (36%) and One-parent families (16%).
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 Palen Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32253/palen-creek/topic/family-households