2.7 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ward · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Ward
How families and households are made up across the area.
A very high proportion of people living alone marks the social makeup of Ward, where 40% of households consist of just one person. This is among the highest rates for similar areas, though the community also supports a large number of big families.
2.7
—
- 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 Ward — higher than 71% of areas.
| Ward | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4470, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Ward has 2.7 people, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.5. While 40% of households are single-person, a significant 16% contain six or more people.
40.0% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ward, the largest group is 1 person at 37%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures here are quite distinct, with 80.9% of families being couples with children. Notably, there are no one-parent families in Ward, a figure far below the national rate of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ward, Couples with children is the majority at 80%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Ward [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32988/ward/topic/family-households