2.1 ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Helens Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in St Helens Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Roughly 28.4% of people in St Helens Beach live alone, a figure well above the Queensland average. This means homes in the area are generally smaller, with just 2.1 people per household. It is a place where single-person homes and couples without children are common.
2.1
▲ +10.5%
- 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 Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
| St Helens Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4798, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here is smaller than most, with 2.1 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with a high number of people living alone, which at 28.4% is well above the Queensland average.
28.4% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In St Helens Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of all families here at 50.4%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.3%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
10.3% ▲ +72.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Helens Beach, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by Couples with children (42%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32642/st-helens-beach/topic/family-households