3.5 ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Priestdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Priestdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households have become the norm in Priestdale, where the typical home now holds 3.5 people. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, making it one of the most crowded areas of its type. The neighbourhood is almost entirely made up of family groups, with very few people living on their own.
3.5
▲ +12.9%
- 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 Priestdale — higher than 95% of areas.
| Priestdale | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 4127, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than usual, with 3.5 people per household. This helps explain why only 9.3% of residents live alone, a figure far below the 25.6% national average.
9.3% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Priestdale, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 5 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with children make up 74.3% of the area. There are no one-parent families recorded here, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Priestdale, Couples with children is the majority at 78%; Couples without children is next at 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 Priestdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32364/priestdale/topic/family-households