2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pelican Waters · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pelican Waters
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Pelican Waters compared to most other areas, with only 13.9% of households being single-person homes. This makes it a place where couples and families are the norm. Most homes here house two or more people, fitting a pattern of stable family living.
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 Pelican Waters — higher than 50% of areas.
| Pelican Waters | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4551, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Over half of all households consist of two people, while those living alone are far below the national rate of 25.6%.
13.9% ▲ +26.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pelican Waters, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47% of families, while those without children account for 44.6%. One-parent families make up 7.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
7.9% ▲ +33.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Pelican Waters splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (47%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 8%.
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 Pelican Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32294/pelican-waters/topic/family-households