Riordanvale · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Riordanvale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 58.5% of families in Riordanvale, marking it as a place dominated by family life. It is an area where households are typically larger and people are far less likely to live alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Riordanvale, Suburb / Locality

Where Riordanvale sits — Average household size

2.8 ▲ +3.7%
  • 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 Riordanvale — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Riordanvale2.8
4800, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Riordanvale holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. Only 9.8% of people live alone, a rate far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.8 ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7
  • 2016: 2.7
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

9.8% ▼ -25.9%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.3%
  • 2016: 13.2%
  • 2021: 9.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Riordanvale, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 2.3% of the local total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 38.5% having no children.

2.3% ▼ -73.9%

Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 2.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Riordanvale, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 39%.

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 Riordanvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32432/riordanvale/topic/family-households