2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rasmussen · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rasmussen
How families and households are made up across the area.
Family structures in Rasmussen have shifted since 2011, with a notably high proportion of single-parent homes. Over a quarter of families are headed by one parent, which is far above the national figure. This contributes to larger households, with the typical home holding 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Rasmussen — higher than 71% of areas.
| Rasmussen | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4815, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are slightly larger than the state and national typicals, holding 2.7 people. About 22.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
22.4% ▲ +26.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rasmussen, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 25.2% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%. More than half of all families consist of couples with children.
25.2% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rasmussen, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 25%.
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 Rasmussen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32393/rasmussen/topic/family-households