2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Helens · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Helens
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in St Helens compared to most other areas, with only 14.6% of households consisting of one person. This makes it a place where most residents share their homes, creating a strong presence of multi-person households across the community.
2.4
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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 St Helens — lower than 57% of areas.
| St Helens | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 56.3% of households consist of two people, the rate of people living alone is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
14.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Helens, 2 people is the majority at 57%; 1 person is next at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average. Other family types are also common, with couples without children (46.8%) and couples with children (45.7%) both making up large shares of the community.
18.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →St Helens splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 16%.
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 St Helens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32640/st-helens/topic/family-households