3.4 ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Samsonvale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Samsonvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large homes are the norm in Samsonvale, where an average of 3.4 people live in each house. This is well above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by bigger family groups rather than people living alone.
3.4
▲ +3.0%
- 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 Samsonvale — higher than 93% of areas.
| Samsonvale | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4520, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live by themselves here, at just 5.9%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia. This helps explain why households are so large, with nearly 30% of homes containing four people.
5.9% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Samsonvale splits fairly evenly between 4 people (30%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
The area is mostly made up of couples with children, who make up 72.8% of families. Only 5.4% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages.
5.4% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Samsonvale, Couples with children is the majority at 73%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Samsonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32507/samsonvale/topic/family-households