3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Westlake · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Westlake
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than double the national rate of people live alone in other areas compared to Westlake, where only 10.6% of households are single-person. This makes Westlake a place of large households and strong family ties. Most homes here are filled with couples and children, creating a distinct domestic profile for the area.
3.0
▼ -3.2%
- 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 Westlake — higher than 86% of areas.
| Westlake | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4074, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Westlake are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is driven by a very low number of people living alone, which is far below both the state and national averages.
10.6% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Westlake, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 66.3%. This helps explain why the rate of one-parent families is just 8.2%, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
8.2% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Westlake, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Westlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33049/westlake/topic/family-households