Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Ravenswood

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Ravenswood than in most similar areas. This creates a community where homes are typically smaller and hold fewer people than the state or national average.

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📍 Ravenswood, Suburb / Locality

Where Ravenswood sits — Average household size

2.0 ▼ -4.8%
  • 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 Ravenswood — lower than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Ravenswood2.0
4816, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly half of all households are single person homes, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, there are typically only 2.0 people per home, well below the Queensland average of 2.5.

2.0 ▼ -4.8%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1
  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

46.5% ▲ +34.0%

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 34.7%
  • 2016: 44.1%
  • 2021: 46.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Ravenswood splits fairly evenly between 1 person (43%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 7%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples without children make up the largest group at 48.3%. In contrast, one-parent families are less common here at 7.5%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

7.5% ▼ -48.4%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Ravenswood, the largest group is Couples without children at 47%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (7%).

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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32397/ravenswood/topic/family-households