2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ravensbourne · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 46% of families in Ravensbourne are couples with children, making them one of the most common household types. This is a sparsely populated area where smaller households are more typical than in the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ravensbourne — lower than 71% of areas.
| Ravensbourne | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4352, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because people living alone are well above the state average at 29.1%.
2.3 ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.1% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Ravensbourne, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (11%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 45.8% of families, equal to those with children. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up only 6.7%, a figure well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
6.7% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Ravensbourne splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Ravensbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32395/ravensbourne/topic/family-households