2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Petrie Terrace · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Petrie Terrace
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller living arrangements has occurred in Petrie Terrace, where 29.6% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is well above the national figure and reflects a local trend toward smaller, more independent households.
2.3
→ 0.0%
- 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 Petrie Terrace — lower than 71% of areas.
| Petrie Terrace | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4000, QLD | 1.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that nearly 30% of residents live alone, a rate well above the national average.
29.6% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Petrie Terrace splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 47.9% of families, while one-parent families are much less common at 8.8%. This proportion of single-parent homes is well below both the state and national figures.
8.8% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Petrie Terrace, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Petrie Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32304/petrie-terrace/topic/family-households