2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thorneside · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thorneside
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people now live alone in Thorneside than in previous years, reflecting a shift in how the community is organised. This is an area where nearly 30% of households consist of just one person, which is well above the national figure.
2.3
→ 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 Thorneside — lower than 71% of areas.
| Thorneside | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4158, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures. This smaller household size is partly because 29.6% of people live alone, a rate well above the state and national average.
29.6% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thorneside, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the community, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. About half of all families are couples with children.
20.1% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thorneside, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Thorneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32814/thorneside/topic/family-households