2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Royston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Royston
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Royston include children, making it a family-focused area. Most homes here are larger than usual, with the typical household consisting of nearly three people.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Royston — higher than 71% of areas.
| Royston | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4515, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Royston are larger than in most other areas, with an average of 2.7 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the fact that only 17.1% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
17.1% ▲ +48.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Royston, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.2% of families, while 35.9% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 10.9%, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
10.9% ▼ -35.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Royston, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Royston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32487/royston/topic/family-households