1.9 → 0.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Surfers Paradise · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Surfers Paradise
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 40% of residents live alone in Surfers Paradise, which is far above the national figure. This creates a distinct housing pattern where small households are the norm and the typical home holds fewer people than most Australian areas.
1.9
→ 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 Surfers Paradise — lower than 89% of areas.
| Surfers Paradise | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4217, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small homes are common here, with just 1.9 people per household, which is well below the Queensland average of 2.5. This is driven by the fact that 39.9% of people live alone, one of the highest rates for any area of this size.
39.9% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Surfers Paradise splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 52.2%. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but sits a little below the Queensland average.
13.4% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Surfers Paradise, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 32%.
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 Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32702/surfers-paradise/topic/family-households