3.0 ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Ripley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Ripley
How families and households are made up across the area.
Three people per home is the norm in South Ripley, making it a crowded place compared to the rest of the country. This high density is driven by a large number of families with children, which means very few people live on their own here.
3.0
▲ +3.4%
- 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 South Ripley — higher than 86% of areas.
| South Ripley | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4306, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 13.8% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most households are larger than usual, with nearly 30% containing two people and about 21% containing three or four.
13.8% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Ripley, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 4 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 66.6% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 14.7%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
14.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Ripley, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 South Ripley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32598/south-ripley/topic/family-households