Ransome · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ransome

How families and households are made up across the area.

An unusually high 3.6 people per home make Ransome a place of large households. Most residents live in family settings, with very few people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Ransome, Suburb / Locality

Where Ransome sits — Average household size

3.6 ▲ +12.5%
  • 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 Ransome — higher than 96% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ransome3.6
4154, QLD 3.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, with a quarter of all households containing four people. Only 12.5% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%.

3.6 ▲ +12.5%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2
  • 2016: 3.7
  • 2021: 3.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

12.5% ▲ +26.8%

Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 8.7%
  • 2021: 12.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Ransome splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 2 people (24%), with 5 people at 19%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 67.9%. Single-parent families are less common here than in most other areas, accounting for just 8.7% of the total.

8.7% ▼ -13.2%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 8.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Ransome, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Ransome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32392/ransome/topic/family-households