Walloon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Walloon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 59.3% of families in Walloon, making it the most common household type. This helps explain why homes here are generally larger than the national figure, with a typical household of 2.8 people.

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📍 Walloon, Suburb / Locality

Where Walloon sits — Average household size

2.8 ▼ -3.4%
  • 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 Walloon — higher than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Walloon2.8
4306, QLD 2.9
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Walloon are larger than most areas, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with a much lower share of people living alone, at 17.7%, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.8 ▼ -3.4%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 2.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

17.7% ▲ +67.4%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.6%
  • 2016: 12.1%
  • 2021: 17.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Walloon, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families account for 14.7% of the area, a figure higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average of 15.4%.

14.7% ▲ +3.4%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.2%
  • 2016: 13.3%
  • 2021: 14.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Walloon, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Walloon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32968/walloon/topic/family-households