Palmtree · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Palmtree

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over half of all families in Palmtree are couples with children. This small area has a high number of people living alone, which means there are fewer people in the typical home than across most of the country.

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📍 Palmtree, Suburb / Locality

Where Palmtree sits — Average household size

2.1
  • 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 Palmtree — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Palmtree2.1
4352, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A third of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Palmtree holds just 2.1 people, a little below the Australian average of 2.5.

2.1

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Palmtree, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 3 people (9%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 52.7% of families, while couples without children account for 45.5%. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Palmtree, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 46%.

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 Palmtree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32263/palmtree/topic/family-households