2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rules Beach · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small household sizes define Rules Beach, where the typical home holds just 2.1 people. This is a little below the national figure and reflects a community with a high number of people living on their own.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rules Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
| Rules Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4674, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
One third of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures. Most homes are small, with 51.9% containing two people and 33.3% containing just one.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Rules Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (21%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 57.1%. Only 7.1% of families are led by one parent, which is well below the state and national averages.
7.1% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Rules Beach, Couples without children is the majority at 62%; Couples with children is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Rules Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32489/rules-beach/topic/family-households