2.3 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sandy Ridges · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sandy Ridges
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Sandy Ridges, where 44.7% of families fit this category. This is a quiet area with smaller-than-usual households, and a high number of people living on their own.
2.3
—
- 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 Sandy Ridges — lower than 71% of areas.
| Sandy Ridges | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4615, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Sandy Ridges has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is partly because 31% of people live alone, a rate well above the national figure of 25.6%.
31.0% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandy Ridges, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and no children make up 38.2% of the area. One-parent families account for 11.8%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.8% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandy Ridges, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Ridges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32515/sandy-ridges/topic/family-households