2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Towers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Towers Hill
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of single-person homes defines the daily life in Towers Hill, where 35.7% of residents live alone. This is far above the national figure and helps explain why the typical home here holds fewer people than in most other areas.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Towers Hill — lower than 81% of areas.
| Towers Hill | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Towers Hill are smaller than usual, with only 2.1 people per household, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 39.3% of homes hold two people and 35.7% hold just one.
35.7% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Towers Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (37%), with 4 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.1% of the total, a figure that is far above the national average and among the highest for similar areas. Other families are mostly couples without children, who account for 38.1% of the group.
26.1% ▲ +102.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Towers Hill splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (38%) and Couples with children (34%), with One-parent families at 26%.
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 Towers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32864/towers-hill/topic/family-households