3.1 ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parkinson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parkinson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger living arrangements have become more common in Parkinson since 2011. This is a place where the typical home holds 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Most households here are family-based, with a very small number of people living on their own.
3.1
▼ -3.1%
- 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 Parkinson — higher than 88% of areas.
| Parkinson | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4115, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 3.1 people per home, household sizes are among the highest for similar areas. This helps explain why only 10.7% of people live alone, a figure far below the Queensland average of 24.7%.
10.7% ▲ +28.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Parkinson splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 70.2% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 10.1%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.1% ▲ +18.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parkinson, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Parkinson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32274/parkinson/topic/family-households