2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandgate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandgate
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 60% of families in Sandgate are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This is a community where one in three people lives alone, a figure well above the national average. Most homes typically house two or three people.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Sandgate — lower than 57% of areas.
| Sandgate | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4017, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are very common here at 32.8%, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the Queensland figure. The typical home holds about 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national average.
32.8% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sandgate splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (32%), with 4 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 59.8% of families, while couples without children account for 27.6%. One-parent families represent 11.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the state and national levels.
11.9% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandgate, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32508/sandgate/topic/family-households