2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandstone Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandstone Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Sandstone Point since 2011, contributing to a shift in how the community is housed. The area now sees a high number of single-person households, with 27.4% of residents living by themselves. This trend has left the area with smaller typical households than most other places.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Sandstone Point — lower than 81% of areas.
| Sandstone Point | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4511, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Over half of all households consist of just two people, while 27.4% are single-person homes.
27.4% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandstone Point, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 27%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 52.5%, followed by couples with children at 32.5%. One-parent families account for 14.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
14.3% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandstone Point, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 33%.
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 Sandstone Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32511/sandstone-point/topic/family-households