2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Riverleigh · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Riverleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of couples with children shapes daily life in Riverleigh, where nearly 70% of families have kids at home. This focus on family units is reflected in the household sizes, which are slightly larger than the national average.
2.6
—
- 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 Riverleigh — higher than 57% of areas.
| Riverleigh | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4626, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Riverleigh holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 24.2% of households are people living alone, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
24.2% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Riverleigh, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 1 person (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 69.4% of families here. Conversely, one-parent families account for only 4.2%, a figure that is far below the state and national levels.
4.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Riverleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Riverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32439/riverleigh/topic/family-households