2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Welcome Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Welcome Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Welcome Creek than in the rest of Australia. This community is mostly made up of larger households, with 2.7 people per home and a high number of families raising children.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Welcome Creek — higher than 71% of areas.
| Welcome Creek | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 15.9% of residents live by themselves, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes here are shared, with 37.9% of households containing two people.
15.9% ▲ +90.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Welcome Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 3 people (21%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 55.6%. One-parent families account for 15.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
15.3% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Welcome Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Welcome Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33023/welcome-creek/topic/family-households