2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Svensson Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Svensson Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Svensson Heights are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out compared to the rest of the country, with smaller typical households and a high number of people living alone.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Svensson Heights — lower than 76% of areas.
| Svensson Heights | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is partly because 36.8% of people live alone, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%.
36.8% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 36.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Svensson Heights splits fairly evenly between 1 person (37%) and 2 people (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.4% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%. Other families mainly consist of couples with children, who account for 45.5% of households.
24.4% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Svensson Heights, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 Svensson Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32705/svensson-heights/topic/family-households