2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Parrearra · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Parrearra
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes define daily life in Parrearra, where the typical home holds only 2.2 people. This is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia, reflecting a community where many residents live alone or as couples.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Parrearra — lower than 76% of areas.
| Parrearra | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4575, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is more common here than in most areas, with 28.3% of households being single person. This helps explain why the typical home is smaller than the national figure of 2.5 people, as 42.4% of homes contain just two people.
28.3% ▲ +36.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Parrearra, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 46.2% of families, while those without children account for 40.7%. One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is higher than most areas but a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
12.5% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Parrearra, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 Parrearra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32280/parrearra/topic/family-households