2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
The Summit · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in The Summit
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in The Summit are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This is a community where family living is strong, with a small number of single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Summit — lower than 57% of areas.
| The Summit | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4377 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.4 people live in the typical home, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. People living alone make up 22.2% of households, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
22.2% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In The Summit, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.6% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Couples with children are the largest group at 55%, while couples without children account for 36%.
6.6% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In The Summit, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 The Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32805/the-summit/topic/family-households