Rifle Range · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Rifle Range

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people are sharing homes in Rifle Range than in most similar areas. This trend is reflected in the typical household size, which is 2.8 people—a little above the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where large households are common and few people live by themselves.

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Where Rifle Range sits — Average household size

2.8
  • 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 Rifle Range — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Rifle Range2.8
4311, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are often crowded, with 14.1% of households containing six or more people. Only 19.7% of residents live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.

2.8

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

19.7%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.3%
  • 2021: 19.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Rifle Range, the largest group is 2 people at 29%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up the majority of the area at 56.2%. One-parent families account for 13.6%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.

13.6%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 13.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Rifle Range, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

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 Rifle Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32429/rifle-range/topic/family-households