2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sherwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in Sherwood live alone, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high number of single-person households means the typical home in Sherwood is smaller than most, with only 2.3 people per dwelling.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Sherwood — lower than 71% of areas.
| Sherwood | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4075, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than most similar areas. Consequently, the typical home has 2.3 people, a little below the Queensland and Australian figure of 2.5.
31.3% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Sherwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.4% of families here. One-parent families account for 10.8%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the state figure of 15.4%.
10.8% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sherwood, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32554/sherwood/topic/family-households