Stretton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Stretton

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 70.4% of the local mix, making Stretton a strong hub for families. This is a place of large households, with a typical home holding 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Stretton, Suburb / Locality

Where Stretton sits — Average household size

3.4 → 0.0%
  • 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 Stretton — higher than 93% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Stretton3.4
4116, QLD 3.1
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are much larger than most, with 8.9% holding six or more people. Very few residents live alone—only 8.2%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.4 → 0.0%

Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4
  • 2016: 3.4
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

8.2% ▲ +20.2%

Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 8.0%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Stretton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (26%) and 4 people (24%), with 3 people at 22%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 10.3% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

10.3% ▲ +19.5%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 10.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Stretton, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 18%.

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 Stretton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32681/stretton/topic/family-households