2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sugarloaf · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher rates of single-person living mark Sugarloaf, where nearly 30% of homes are occupied by one person. This is well above the national figure, though the typical home still houses about 2.4 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sugarloaf — lower than 57% of areas.
| Sugarloaf | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4380 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About 29.8% of people live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person homes are the most common at 31.6%, while 21.1% of households have four people.
2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
29.8% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Sugarloaf splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (28%), with 4 people at 20%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 61.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 8.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.0% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Sugarloaf, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Sugarloaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32685/sugarloaf/topic/family-households