2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Scarborough
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Scarborough than in most similar areas. This results in a typical household size of just 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure of 2.5.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Scarborough — lower than 76% of areas.
| Scarborough | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4020, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 33.8% of residents live by themselves, a figure well above the Queensland average of 24.7%. This helps explain why homes here are smaller, with 39.5% of households containing only two people.
33.8% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Scarborough, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.7% of families, while couples without children account for 40.1%. One-parent families represent 15.2%, which is higher than in most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.2% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Scarborough splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (40%), 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32524/scarborough/topic/family-households