2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Pioneers Rest · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Pioneers Rest, where the typical home holds only 2.0 people. This is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5, making it a place where fewer people live under one roof than in most other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pioneers Rest — lower than 86% of areas.
| Pioneers Rest | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About half of all homes (53.6%) are shared by two people, while a quarter of residents live alone. This helps explain why the typical household size is much lower than in most other areas.
2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Pioneers Rest, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 28.3% of the total, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. Half of all families here are couples without children.
28.3% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Pioneers Rest, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples with children (22%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Pioneers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32334/pioneers-rest/topic/family-households