Sarabah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Sarabah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Family structures in Sarabah have remained steady over the last decade, though the area now stands out for having very few people living alone. Half of all households are couples with children, making it a strongly family-oriented pocket of the Scenic Rim.

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📍 Sarabah, Suburb / Locality

Where Sarabah sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Sarabah — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Sarabah2.5
4275, QLD 2.8
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Sarabah has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. However, only 16.7% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

16.7%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 16.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Sarabah, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 1 person (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is common here, with 50.9% of households being couples with children. Only 7.5% of families are one-parent homes, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

7.5%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.1%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Sarabah splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (48%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Sarabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32517/sarabah/topic/family-households