2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Southwood · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Southwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost no one-parent families live in Southwood, making it an unusual spot for family life. While most homes here are filled with couples and children, there is also a surprisingly high number of people living on their own.
2.7
—
- 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 Southwood — higher than 71% of areas.
| Southwood | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4406, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people live alone, which is well above the 25.6% national figure. Despite this, the typical home in Southwood has 2.7 people, slightly more than the usual 2.5 across Australia.
30.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Southwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 4 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 72.3% of families, but one-parent families are completely absent here. This 0.0% figure is far below both the Queensland and national rates.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Southwood, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Southwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32613/southwood/topic/family-households