2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmwoods · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmwoods
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are more common in Palmwoods than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds 2.7 people, it is quite unusual to find people living alone here, with only 20.5% of households consisting of one person.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Palmwoods — higher than 71% of areas.
| Palmwoods | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4555, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 2.7 people per dwelling, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Only 20.5% of people live alone, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
20.5% ▲ +14.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmwoods, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 56.9%. One-parent families account for 13.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average.
13.5% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmwoods, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32265/palmwoods/topic/family-households