2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shailer Park · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shailer Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Shailer Park, where the typical home now holds 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community where few people live by themselves.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Shailer Park — higher than 81% of areas.
| Shailer Park | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4128, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.7% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 34% of households containing two people and 20.5% holding four.
14.7% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shailer Park, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 63.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.2% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shailer Park, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Shailer Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32544/shailer-park/topic/family-households