Thallon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Thallon

How families and households are made up across the area.

A far lower proportion of one-parent families live in Thallon compared to the rest of the country. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, a striking 30.7% of households are made up of people living alone.

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📍 Thallon, Suburb / Locality

Where Thallon sits — Average household size

2.6 → 0.0%
  • 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 Thallon — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Thallon2.6
4497, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

People living alone are well above the national figure at 30.7%, which is higher than most similar areas. This is despite the typical home holding 2.6 people, a figure about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.

2.6 → 0.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.7% ▲ +21.8%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.2%
  • 2016: 19.8%
  • 2021: 30.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Thallon, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Families with couples and children make up 70.9% of the local total. This helps explain why one-parent families are far below the state and national figures at just 2.6%, a rate much lower than most areas.

2.6% ▼ -72.9%

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Thallon, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 26%.

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 Thallon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32778/thallon/topic/family-households