2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmyra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Palmyra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Palmyra, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This makes the area stand out compared to most other regions, with a very low number of people living alone and a high proportion of families with children.
2.8
→ 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 Palmyra — higher than 76% of areas.
| Palmyra | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4751, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with 39% of households containing two people. Only 15.9% of residents live alone, which is well below the Queensland rate of 24.7%.
15.9% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmyra, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families are couples with children (51.9%), while couples without children make up 38%. One-parent families account for 12%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
12.0% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmyra, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Palmyra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32266/palmyra/topic/family-households