2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shoal Point · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shoal Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer than 18% of people live alone in Shoal Point, a figure well below the national average. This community is mostly made up of larger households and family groups, with 61.4% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Shoal Point — higher than 71% of areas.
| Shoal Point | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4750, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most areas, with a typical size of 2.7 people. This is slightly higher than the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5.
17.8% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shoal Point, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 1 person (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up only 8.4% of the area, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia. The vast majority of families are couples, with 61.4% raising children and 28.6% without children.
8.4% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shoal Point, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Shoal Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32556/shoal-point/topic/family-households