2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palm Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Palm Beach live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than most other areas. The community is mostly made up of couples and single-person homes.
2.3
▲ +4.5%
- 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 Palm Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Palm Beach | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4221, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here are smaller than the national figure, with 2.3 people per dwelling. This is linked to the fact that 29.8% of people live alone, which is much higher than the 24.7% seen across Queensland.
29.8% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palm Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families are couples with children, while 31.4% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, which is about the same as the Australian average.
14.1% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palm Beach, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32257/palm-beach/topic/family-households