2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Taigum · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Taigum
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Taigum than in most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, nearly 32% of households are single-person dwellings, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
2.4
▲ +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 Taigum — lower than 57% of areas.
| Taigum | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4018, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.8% of residents live alone, a rate much higher than most other areas. Two-person households are also common at 32.2%, while the typical home size of 2.4 people is about the same as the Queensland average.
31.8% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Taigum splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.8%, which is higher than most areas but about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
14.8% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Taigum, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Taigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32717/taigum/topic/family-households