2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sexton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sexton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of people in Sexton live alone, which is much higher than most other areas. This is a striking contrast for a place where homes generally hold more people than the national figure. The area is largely made up of families with children and a significant number of single-person households.
2.7
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- 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 Sexton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Sexton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4570, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home has 2.7 people, about 34.5% of households are just one person. This rate of people living alone is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7% and the national figure of 25.6%.
34.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sexton splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families here are couples with children, making up 62.9% of the total. One-parent families account for 12.1%, which is well below the 15.4% seen across Queensland.
12.1% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sexton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Sexton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32543/sexton/topic/family-households