Palmview · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Palmview

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Palmview than in the rest of the country, with only 10.6% of households consisting of one person. This is a place where larger households are the norm, and the typical home here holds 3.0 people.

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📍 Palmview, Suburb / Locality

Where Palmview sits — Average household size

3.0 → 0.0%
  • 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 Palmview — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Palmview3.0
4553, QLD 3.0
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The usual home in Palmview holds 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This explains why the number of people living alone is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.

3.0 → 0.0%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0
  • 2016: 3.2
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.6% ▼ -1.6%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 10.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Palmview splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 3 people (25%), with 4 people at 23%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the bulk of the community at 66.1%. One-parent families account for 12.1% of the total, which is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

12.1% ▲ +18.2%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 9.2%
  • 2021: 12.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Palmview, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Palmview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32264/palmview/topic/family-households