2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Swan Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Swan Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household sizes in Swan Creek have remained consistently large, with an average of 2.8 people per home. This is a family-focused area where very few people live by themselves, making it stand out compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
—
- 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 Swan Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Swan Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4370, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is rare here, with only 5.3% of people in single-person households, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 17.5% holding four people and 15.8% holding five.
5.3% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Swan Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (22%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 43.9%, while one-parent families account for 12.2%. This last figure is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
12.2% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Swan Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Swan Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32706/swan-creek/topic/family-households