2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Smithfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living alone in Smithfield than in previous years, contributing to a shift in how the area's residents are housed. The local community is now mostly made up of families, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.
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 Smithfield — higher than 57% of areas.
| Smithfield | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4878, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Smithfield typically hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. This is consistent with the fact that only 19.2% of people live alone, a figure well below the national rate of 25.6%.
19.2% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Smithfield, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.8% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.5% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.
14.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Smithfield, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32579/smithfield/topic/family-households