2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Quinalow · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Quinalow
How families and households are made up across the area.
Daily life in Quinalow is shaped by a mix of larger family homes and a high number of single-person households. The area stands out for having a much higher proportion of one-parent families than most similar places, with about 18.7% of families falling into this group.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Quinalow — higher than 71% of areas.
| Quinalow | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4403, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Quinalow typically hold 2.7 people, which is slightly more than the national figure of 2.5. Interestingly, 29.7% of households are people living alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
29.7% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Quinalow splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families here are couples with children, at 54.7%. The proportion of one-parent families is 18.7%, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
18.7% ▲ +528.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Quinalow, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Quinalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32378/quinalow/topic/family-households