2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Shorncliffe · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Shorncliffe
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer one-parent families live in Shorncliffe than in most other parts of the state. This is a family-focused area where two-thirds of households consist of couples with children. While household sizes are generally similar to the national figure, they remain slightly higher than in many similar areas.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Shorncliffe — higher than 57% of areas.
| Shorncliffe | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4017, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Shorncliffe typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. About 26.1% of households are people living alone, a figure just above the Queensland average of 24.7%.
26.1% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Shorncliffe, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.5% of families here. Only 9.8% are one-parent families, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and the state average of 15.4%.
9.8% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Shorncliffe, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Shorncliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32558/shorncliffe/topic/family-households