2.9 ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Paterson
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Paterson, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is a family-heavy community with a very high proportion of single-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +3.6%
- 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 Paterson — higher than 81% of areas.
| Paterson | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with the typical household holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 17.3% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.3% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Paterson, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23% of the community, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
23.0% ▲ +171.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Paterson, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32283/paterson/topic/family-households