2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stafford · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stafford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Stafford are couples with children. This is a residential area where small households are common, with a very high number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Stafford — lower than 76% of areas.
| Stafford | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4053, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Stafford has 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This is partly because 33.4% of people live alone, a rate well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
33.4% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stafford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.0% of the local mix, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the 14.1% national average. Couples without children also make up a large share at 29.0%.
17.0% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stafford, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Stafford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32649/stafford/topic/family-households