2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Ipswich · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Ipswich
How families and households are made up across the area.
A shift toward smaller households has seen West Ipswich evolve over the last decade. Single-person homes are now common, and the area has an exceptionally high number of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Ipswich — lower than 57% of areas.
| West Ipswich | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4305, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
29.3% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Ipswich splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 39.8% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples with children are also common, accounting for 36.5% of families.
39.8% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →West Ipswich splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (40%) and Couples with children (37%), with Couples without children at 21%.
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 Ipswich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33037/west-ipswich/topic/family-households