2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pentland · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Pentland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Pentland than in the rest of the country. Only 2.0 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This makes the area stand out as a place with very small households compared to the state and nation.
2.0
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- 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 Pentland — lower than 86% of areas.
| Pentland | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 41.3% of households are made up of just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why Pentland has much smaller homes, with only 2.0 people per household.
41.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Pentland, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 39.7%, while couples with children follow closely at 38.3%. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
12.1% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Pentland splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (41%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 13%.
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 Pentland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32295/pentland/topic/family-households