2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandy Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all homes in Sandy Creek house two people, making it a place where small households are common. This community has a much lower rate of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 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 Sandy Creek — higher than 50% of areas.
| Sandy Creek | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4515, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. However, only 16.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
16.1% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandy Creek, 2 people is the majority at 50%; 1 person is next at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 42.6%, followed closely by couples without children at 41.7%. One-parent families account for 14.7% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas.
14.7% ▲ +28.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Sandy Creek splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32513/sandy-creek/topic/family-households