2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Thornlands · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Thornlands
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower rate of single-person living than the state average marks Thornlands as a place for larger groups. Most homes here are filled with families, with the typical household containing 2.9 people.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 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 Thornlands — higher than 81% of areas.
| Thornlands | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4164, QLD | 2.9 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.9 people per home, households here are a little larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 13.9% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
13.9% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Thornlands, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 64.4%. One-parent families account for 12.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
12.2% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Thornlands, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Thornlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32815/thornlands/topic/family-households