2.8 ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Stony Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Stony Creek than is typical for the rest of the country. This area sees a much higher number of people per home than most other areas, with a typical household of 2.8 people. This is a little above the national and state figures of 2.5.
2.8
▲ +27.3%
- 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 Stony Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Stony Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4514, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are generally larger than average, with 8.5% of households containing six or more people. About 23.2% of residents live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.2% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stony Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.7% of the community, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Most families here are couples with children, accounting for 56.5% of the total.
18.7% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stony Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32673/stony-creek/topic/family-households