2.8 ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Verrierdale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Verrierdale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Verrierdale, where an average of 2.8 people live in each home. This is a little above the national figure, reflecting a community where few people live by themselves.
2.8
▲ +3.7%
- 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 Verrierdale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Verrierdale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4562, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home here is larger, with 39.1% of households containing two people and another 15.2% holding four.
16.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Verrierdale, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 55.5% of families in Verrierdale. One-parent families account for 13.4%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average.
13.4% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Verrierdale, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Verrierdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32938/verrierdale/topic/family-households