2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 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.
Couples with children make up 71.4% of families in St Helens, making them the most common household type. The area has a higher proportion of single-parent families than most other regions, while the usual number of people per home remains similar to the national figure.
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 |
|---|---|
| 4356, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.4 people per home, the household size in St Helens is about the same as the Queensland figure of 2.5 and the national average.
Household size
View on map →St Helens splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 3 people (28%), with 1 person at 22%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families represent 19.0% of the area, which is well above the 15.4% seen across Queensland and the 14.1% national average.
19.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Helens, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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/SAL32641/st-helens/topic/family-households