2.0 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Proston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Proston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Forty percent of households in Proston are made up of people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical home size compared to most other areas. These trends highlight a community where single-person households are very common.
2.0
→ 0.0%
- 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 Proston — lower than 86% of areas.
| Proston | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4613, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 40.7% of people living alone, Proston has one of the highest rates of single-person homes in the region. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.0 people, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5.
40.7% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Proston splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Nearly half of all families are couples without children, which is the most common family type here. At 8.9%, one-parent families are well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
8.9% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Proston, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32370/proston/topic/family-households