2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westcourt · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westcourt
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Westcourt than in most similar areas. This small suburb is defined by small households, with the typical home holding just 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Westcourt — lower than 86% of areas.
| Westcourt | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 44.5% of households are single people, a figure far above the Queensland average of 24.7%. This high number of solo residents helps explain why typical home sizes are much lower than in most other areas.
44.5% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westcourt, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 38.4%, followed by couples without children at 33.9%.
26.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Westcourt splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (34%), with One-parent families at 26%.
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 Westcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33046/westcourt/topic/family-households