2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prairie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Prairie than in the rest of the country, with only 12.8% of households being single-person. This is a place where homes are mostly shared, and the typical household is larger than in most other Australian areas.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Prairie — higher than 57% of areas.
| Prairie | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4821, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Prairie holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 12.8% of residents live alone, a figure far below the national rate of 25.6%.
12.8% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prairie, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 62.8% of families having children and 33.3% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prairie, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32358/prairie/topic/family-households