3.1 ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine Acres · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Sunshine Acres
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher number of people share a home in Sunshine Acres compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where large households are common, with a typical home holding 3.1 people, well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.1
▲ +3.3%
- 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 Sunshine Acres — higher than 88% of areas.
| Sunshine Acres | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 12.3% of households being single-person homes, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger, and 35.4% of households consist of two people.
12.3% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine Acres, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.1%. One-parent families account for 15.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
15.0% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine Acres, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Sunshine Acres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32699/sunshine-acres/topic/family-households