Pallara · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pallara

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people share a roof in Pallara than in most similar areas, with 3.1 people per home. This is a family-heavy suburb where very few people live alone, creating a community focused on larger households.

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📍 Pallara, Suburb / Locality

Where Pallara sits — Average household size

3.1 ▲ +3.3%
  • 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 Pallara — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pallara3.1
4110, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Only 8.9% of people here live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home is larger than average, with 28.8% of households containing two people and 20.7% holding four.

3.1 ▲ +3.3%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

8.9% ▼ -56.7%

Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.6%
  • 2016: 19.3%
  • 2021: 8.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Pallara splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 3 people (27%), with 4 people at 21%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 68.9%. One-parent families account for 9.1%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

9.1% ▼ -36.3%

Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.3%
  • 2016: 19.0%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pallara, 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 Pallara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32255/pallara/topic/family-households