2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Topaz · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Topaz
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of households in Topaz consist of people living alone, contributing to a smaller typical home size than in other parts of the country. This creates a community where single-person living and one-parent families are more common than usual.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Topaz — lower than 71% of areas.
| Topaz | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4885, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 29.2% of people living alone, this is a well above national figure. Consequently, the typical home in Topaz holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5.
29.2% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Topaz, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (22%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18% of the community, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
18.0% ▲ +137.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Topaz, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Topaz [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32857/topaz/topic/family-households