2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sharon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sharon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Sharon are couples with children, making it a place where large households are common. The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Sharon — higher than 76% of areas.
| Sharon | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Sharon are larger than most, with 2.8 people per household. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 12.6%, which is far below the 25.6% national figure.
12.6% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sharon, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.8% of families, while 32.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.5%, which is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
11.5% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sharon, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Sharon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32546/sharon/topic/family-households