Teelah · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Teelah

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far more people live alone in Teelah than in the rest of the state, with 37.9% of households consisting of just one person. While the typical home here holds about 2.4 people, the area is defined by a stark contrast between these single-person households and larger family groups.

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📍 Teelah, Suburb / Locality

Where Teelah 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 Teelah — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Teelah2.4
4314, QLD 2.1
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 37.9% of residents live alone, which is far above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This high number of single-person homes is balanced by larger households, as 24.1% of homes contain five people.

2.4

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

37.9%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 45.2%
  • 2021: 37.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Teelah, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 5 people (24%) and 2 people (21%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 53.3% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.

13.3%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 26.1%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Teelah, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 37%.

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 Teelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32765/teelah/topic/family-households