1.8 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmer · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmer
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Palmer, where the typical home holds only 1.8 people. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, marking it as one of the least crowded areas for this level of geography.
1.8
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- 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 Palmer — lower than 91% of areas.
| Palmer | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4892, QLD | 3.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With just 1.8 people per home, Palmer's household size is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is among the lowest results for similar areas.
Household size
View on map →In Palmer, 3 people is the majority at 57%; 2 people is next at 43%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The most common family composition is Couples without children at 33%, ahead of Couples with children (27%).
Family composition
View on map →In Palmer, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 44%.
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 Palmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32261/palmer/topic/family-households