2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West End · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West End
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households have become the norm in West End, where 33.8% of people now live alone. This is well above the national figure and marks a shift toward a population of singles and couples. While families still make up a large part of the area, homes are generally smaller than in other parts of the state.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 West End — lower than 81% of areas.
| West End | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4101, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Just 2.1 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the high number of single-person households, which are much more common here than in most other areas.
33.8% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West End splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.4% of families, while those without children account for 37.6%. One-parent families represent 11.8% of the total, a figure that is well below the Queensland average.
11.8% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West End, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (12%).
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 West End [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33033/west-end/topic/family-households