Pioneers Rest · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Pioneers Rest

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.

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📍 Pioneers Rest, Suburb / Locality

Where Pioneers Rest sits — Average household size

2.0
  • 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 Pioneers Rest — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Pioneers Rest2.0
4650, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

25.0%

Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 34.6%
  • 2021: 25.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Pioneers Rest, 2 people is the majority at 58%; 1 person is next at 27%.

Families

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.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 28.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Pioneers Rest, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by One-parent families (28%) and Couples with children (22%).

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 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