Swanfels · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Swanfels

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of the families in Swanfels are couples with children. This makes the area a strong base for parents, though a surprising number of residents also live on their own. The typical home here holds about 2.4 people, which is roughly the same as the national figure.

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📍 Swanfels, Suburb / Locality

Where Swanfels sits — Average household size

2.4
  • 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 Swanfels — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Swanfels2.4
4371, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is much more common here than in most areas, with 32.1% of households consisting of one person. This is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person homes are the most frequent, making up 37.5% of all households.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

32.1%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 35.3%
  • 2021: 32.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Swanfels, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up only 7.6% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples, with 51.4% having children and 46.7% without.

7.6%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Swanfels splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (49%) and Couples without children (44%), with One-parent families at 7%.

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 Swanfels [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32708/swanfels/topic/family-households