3.0 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whetstone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whetstone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes and few people living alone shape daily life in Whetstone. Most residents live in family groups, with a typical home holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure.
3.0
—
- 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 Whetstone — higher than 86% of areas.
| Whetstone | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4387, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, with 3.0 people per household compared to the Australian figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 20.8% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.8% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Whetstone splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (29%), with 1 person at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is common here, as couples with children make up 79.3% of all families. One-parent families account for only 8.6%, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages.
8.6% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whetstone, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Whetstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33058/whetstone/topic/family-households