2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Prospect
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Prospect than in the rest of the country, with only 12.6% of households being single-person homes. This creates a community where homes are generally larger and more likely to be shared by families.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 Prospect — higher than 81% of areas.
| Prospect | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4715, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Prospect holds 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is much higher than most areas, and very few people live by themselves compared to the Queensland rate of 24.7%.
12.6% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Prospect, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 73.6% of families here. One-parent families account for only 4.1%, which is far below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most other areas.
4.1% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Prospect, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32369/prospect/topic/family-households