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Family & Households in The Range

How families and households are made up across the area.

A higher than usual share of people live alone in The Range, where 26.6% of households are single-person. This mix of living arrangements defines the local landscape, though the typical home size remains consistent with broader patterns seen across Queensland and Australia.

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Where The Range sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 The Range — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
The Range2.5
4700, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 26.6% of residents live by themselves, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home contains 2.5 people, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.6% ▲ +2.9%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.9%
  • 2016: 26.2%
  • 2021: 26.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In The Range, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (16%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 57.3% of families here. One-parent families account for 14.4%, a figure that is higher than most areas but remains about the same as the Queensland average of 15.4%.

14.4% ▼ -0.6%

Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.5%
  • 2016: 12.2%
  • 2021: 14.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In The Range, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in The Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32804/the-range/topic/family-households