2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Walkerston · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Walkerston
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 60% of families in Walkerston are couples with children, making it a place where family life is very common. The area has fewer people living alone than both the state and national figures, which is consistent with the high number of family households.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Walkerston — higher than 71% of areas.
| Walkerston | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4751, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with a typical size of 2.7 people. Only 17.9% of households are single people, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
17.9% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Walkerston, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.8% of families, while 27.4% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 11.4%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.4% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Walkerston, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Walkerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32959/walkerston/topic/family-households