Patrick Estate · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Patrick Estate

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Patrick Estate than in the rest of the country. This is a place where most households consist of two or more people, with a high number of families with children making up the local mix.

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📍 Patrick Estate, Suburb / Locality

Where Patrick Estate sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -7.4%
  • 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 Patrick Estate — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Patrick Estate2.5
4311, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Only 19.1% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.

2.5 ▼ -7.4%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.1% ▼ -0.6%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.2%
  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 19.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Patrick Estate, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 4 people is next at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 45.9% of families, while one-parent families are much more common here than in most areas. At 17%, the share of single-parent families is a little above the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

17.0% ▼ -1.0%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 23.2%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Patrick Estate, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (17%).

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 Patrick Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32284/patrick-estate/topic/family-households