2.6 ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Perwillowen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Perwillowen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Perwillowen than in the rest of the country, with only 14.3% of households being single-person homes. This reflects a community where most people live in shared arrangements, with a typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -13.3%
- 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 Perwillowen — higher than 57% of areas.
| Perwillowen | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4560, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical household has 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is driven by a low number of single-person homes, as only 14.3% of residents live alone, a figure far below both the Queensland and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Perwillowen, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is balanced between couples without children (42.2%) and those with children (40.1%). Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 12.3% of the mix, which is well below the Queensland figure.
12.3% ▲ +119.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Perwillowen splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (42%), 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 Perwillowen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32301/perwillowen/topic/family-households