2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Runcorn · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Runcorn
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 3 people live in the typical Runcorn home, which is a little above the national figure. This is a place where households are generally larger and far fewer people live alone than in most other areas. Family-led homes are the norm here, with couples raising children making up the largest group.
2.9
→ 0.0%
- 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 Runcorn — higher than 81% of areas.
| Runcorn | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4113, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Runcorn are more crowded than most, with an average of 2.9 people per dwelling. This is reflected in the fact that only 17.3% of people live alone, which is well below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
17.3% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Runcorn, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.9%. One-parent families account for 14.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.3% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Runcorn, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Runcorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32491/runcorn/topic/family-households