Stamford · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Stamford

How families and households are made up across the area.

Household patterns in Stamford have remained steady over the last decade, though they differ sharply from the state average. The area is mostly made up of couples with children or people living alone. This creates a unique mix where 36% of homes are single-person households.

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Where Stamford sits — Average household size

2.5 ▼ -3.8%
  • 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 Stamford — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Stamford2.5
4821, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

A high 36% of people live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home size of 2.5 people is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.

2.5 ▼ -3.8%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

36.0% ▲ +147.8%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2021: 36.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Stamford splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (33%), with 5 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is dominated by couples, with 67.3% having children and 28.6% without. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Stamford, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Stamford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32652/stamford/topic/family-households