2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rathdowney · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rathdowney
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in Rathdowney live on their own, creating a distinct social mix for the area. While many homes are small, over half of the local families are couples raising children. This blend of single residents and family units shapes the daily life of the community.
2.4
→ 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 Rathdowney — lower than 57% of areas.
| Rathdowney | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4287, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, with 34.7% of households consisting of one person. Most homes have two people (36.3%), which keeps the typical household size at 2.4 people, about the same as the national figure.
34.7% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Rathdowney splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (36%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.4% of families, while those without children account for 37.8%. Only 10.3% of families are headed by one parent, a figure that is well below the national and state averages.
10.3% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rathdowney, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Rathdowney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32394/rathdowney/topic/family-households