2.7 ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Virginia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Virginia than in the rest of Queensland, with only 18.9% of households consisting of a single person. This makes it a place where most people live with others, and the typical home here is slightly larger than the national average.
2.7
▲ +3.8%
- 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 Virginia — higher than 71% of areas.
| Virginia | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4014, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 2.7 people live in the typical home, which is higher than in most similar areas. Small households are less common here, with just 18.9% of people living alone, well below the national figure of 25.6%.
18.9% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Virginia, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Virginia consist of couples with children (66.0%) or couples without children (25.4%). Only 8.1% are one-parent families, which is well below the 15.4% seen across Queensland.
8.1% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Virginia, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32949/virginia/topic/family-households