2.6 ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sun Valley
How families and households are made up across the area.
More families have moved into Sun Valley over the last decade, with 22.9% of families now led by a single parent. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is mostly made up of family homes, where half of all households consist of couples with children.
2.6
▼ -13.3%
- 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 Sun Valley — higher than 57% of areas.
| Sun Valley | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4680, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. About 21.9% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 25.6%.
21.9% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sun Valley, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are very common here, making up 22.9% of the total. This is well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%. Half of all families are couples with children, while 26% are couples without children.
22.9% ▲ +98.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sun Valley, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; 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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32690/sun-valley/topic/family-households