2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shirbourne · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shirbourne
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all homes in Shirbourne are occupied by a single person. This makes the area stand out for its high number of one-person households, though the typical home still holds about 2.6 people.
2.6
—
- 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 Shirbourne — higher than 57% of areas.
| Shirbourne | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4809, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 55% of households consisting of one person, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. Interestingly, a quarter of homes are also very large, containing six or more people.
55.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shirbourne, 1 person is the majority at 55%; 6 or more is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families in the area are couples with children, accounting for 78.9% of the total.
18.4% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shirbourne, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Shirbourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32555/shirbourne/topic/family-households