Placid Hills · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Placid Hills

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger living arrangements define daily life in Placid Hills, where the typical home holds nearly three people. This is a family-heavy area where very few people live by themselves, creating a residential landscape dominated by multi-person households.

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Where Placid Hills sits — Average household size

2.9 ▼ -9.4%
  • 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 Placid Hills — higher than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Placid Hills2.9
4343, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 2.9 people per home, households here are a little larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 11.9%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.9 ▼ -9.4%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.9

Average number of people usually resident per household.

11.9% ▲ +30.7%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 10.7%
  • 2021: 11.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Placid Hills, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Most homes are family-based, with 57.1% being couples with children and 28.8% couples without. One-parent families make up 11.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

11.6% ▲ +35.9%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 11.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Placid Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 29%.

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 Placid Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32338/placid-hills/topic/family-households