Parklands · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Parklands

How families and households are made up across the area.

A much higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines the home life in Parklands, where 18.6% of families fit this description. Most households here are small, typically housing two or three people, mirroring the patterns seen across Queensland and the rest of Australia.

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Where Parklands sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -13.8%
  • 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 Parklands — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Parklands2.5
4560, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Parklands houses 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures. About 24.7% of households are people living alone, a result that sits around the middle for similar areas.

2.5 ▼ -13.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

24.7% ▲ +59.3%

Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.5%
  • 2016: 16.2%
  • 2021: 24.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Parklands, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up over half of all families at 51.3%. However, one-parent families are well above the national figure at 18.6%, a gap of 4.5 percentage points compared to Australia.

18.6% ▼ -12.8%

Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.3%
  • 2016: 17.0%
  • 2021: 18.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Parklands, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).

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 Parklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32275/parklands/topic/family-households