2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Postmans Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Postmans Ridge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people living alone makes Postmans Ridge a place where most residents share their homes. This is a family-focused area where more than half of all households consist of couples raising children.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Postmans Ridge — higher than 57% of areas.
| Postmans Ridge | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.6 people, which is higher than in most areas. Only 18.4% of residents live alone, a figure well below both the Queensland and national averages.
18.4% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Postmans Ridge, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.2% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
10.2% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Postmans Ridge, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Postmans Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32356/postmans-ridge/topic/family-households