2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Silky Oak · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Silky Oak
How families and households are made up across the area.
One-parent families are among the highest for this level in Silky Oak, making up 22.6% of the local mix. While family types vary, the overall size of households remains typical for the region. Most homes here are small, with a large number of couples and single people.
2.5
→ 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 Silky Oak — higher than 50% of areas.
| Silky Oak | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4854, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Silky Oak has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. About 25% of households consist of just one person, which is around the middle for similar areas.
25.0% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Silky Oak, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parents make up 22.6% of families, a figure well above the 15.4% seen across Queensland. Couples with children are the most common group at 43.8%, followed by couples without children at 29.5%.
22.6% ▲ +108.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Silky Oak, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Silky Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32562/silky-oak/topic/family-households