3.1 —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rush Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Rush Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward larger living arrangements has seen Rush Creek evolve into a place where few people live alone. It is now a rare area where almost no one lives in a one-parent family, with the typical home holding 3.1 people.
3.1
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- 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 Rush Creek — higher than 88% of areas.
| Rush Creek | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4521, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the very low 6.7% of people living alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
6.7% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rush Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 4 people (16%) and 5 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, who make up every family in the area. Notably, one-parent families are completely absent at 0.0%, a figure far below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rush Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 41%.
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 Rush Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32496/rush-creek/topic/family-households