2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Silverwood · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Silverwood are couples with children, making this the most common home arrangement. While the typical household size is about 2.4 people, there is a notable number of people living on their own compared to other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Silverwood — lower than 57% of areas.
| Silverwood | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4370, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Around 28% of people live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This high number of single-person homes helps explain why 44% of all households here consist of just two people.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
28.0% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Silverwood, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (17%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.6% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Silverwood, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Silverwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32571/silverwood/topic/family-households