Silverwood · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Silverwood

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.

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📍 Silverwood, Suburb / Locality

Where Silverwood sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Silverwood — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Silverwood2.4
4370, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 1.6
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Silverwood, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 5 people (17%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 15.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Silverwood, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 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 Silverwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32571/silverwood/topic/family-households