2.4 —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Prairie
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 65% of families in West Prairie are couples with children. This makes it a place where traditional family structures are common, though a very high number of people also live on their own.
2.4
—
- 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 West Prairie — lower than 57% of areas.
| West Prairie | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4403, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A striking 37.5% of people live alone in West Prairie, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Queensland average.
37.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In West Prairie, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (39%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 0.0% of the population, a figure far below the 14.1% national average. Most families here are couples, with 39.2% having no children.
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 West Prairie, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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 Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33040/west-prairie/topic/family-households