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.
Parklands · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Parklands — higher than 50% of areas.
| Parklands | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4560, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
24.7% ▲ +59.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Parklands, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (19%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Parklands, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (18%).
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