2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Preston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Preston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Preston than in most other areas, with just 13.3% of households consisting of a single person. This makes the area feel very family-oriented, as the typical home contains 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Preston — higher than 50% of areas.
| Preston | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4800, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Almost half of all homes in Preston house two people, while 13.3% are one-person households. This share of people living alone is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
13.3% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Preston, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (14%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.4% of families here, while 42.8% are couples without children. One-parent families represent 8.0%, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
8.0% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Preston, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (42%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Preston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32363/preston/topic/family-households