2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Somme · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Somme
How families and households are made up across the area.
A third of all households in Somme are people living alone, which is much higher than in most other areas. This trend contributes to a small typical household size, with the area having far fewer one-parent families than the state or national figures.
2.1
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- 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 Somme — lower than 81% of areas.
| Somme | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4382, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Somme holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high proportion of single-person households, which make up 33.3% of the area.
33.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Somme, the largest group is 1 person at 50%, followed by 3 people (29%) and 2 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 38.1%. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Somme, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 47%.
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 Somme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32585/somme/topic/family-households