2.6 ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sundown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sundown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people live by themselves in Sundown, where homes are mostly occupied by pairs or larger groups. This is a community where living alone is rare, with only 6.1% of households consisting of a single person.
2.6
▼ -16.1%
- 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 Sundown — higher than 57% of areas.
| Sundown | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4860, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the household mix, as 63.3% of homes are shared by two people and 14.3% hold five.
6.1% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sundown, 2 people is the majority at 60%; 3 people is next at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 46% raising children and 45.2% without. Only 8.9% of families are headed by a single parent, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.9% ▲ +64.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Sundown splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (46%) and Couples without children (45%), with One-parent families at 9%.
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 Sundown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32691/sundown/topic/family-households