3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Upper Pilton · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Pilton — higher than 86% of areas.
| Upper Pilton | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4361, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
10.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Upper Pilton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 3 people (31%), with 4 people at 13%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Upper Pilton, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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