Upper Pilton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Upper Pilton

How families and households are made up across the area.

Much larger households than most similar areas define Upper Pilton, where the typical home holds 3.0 people. This is a family-focused community where very few people live alone and single-parent families are rare.

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📍 Upper Pilton, Suburb / Locality

Where Upper Pilton sits — Average household size

3.0
  • 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 Upper Pilton — higher than 86% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Upper Pilton3.0
4361, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. Only 10.7% of residents live alone, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6% and among the lowest rates for areas of this type.

3.0

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

10.7%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.7%
  • 2021: 10.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Upper Pilton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 3 people (31%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is dominated by couples, with 62.0% raising children. Only 4.2% of families are headed by a single parent, which is far below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.

4.2%

Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Upper Pilton, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 37%.

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 Upper Pilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32915/upper-pilton/topic/family-households