2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Whitfield
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher share of people live alone in Whitfield compared to the state or national average. This trend means the area has smaller households, with just 2.3 people per home on average.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Whitfield — lower than 71% of areas.
| Whitfield | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4870, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.1% of residents live by themselves, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, typical homes here are smaller than in most other areas.
30.1% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Whitfield, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17% of the total, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
17.0% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Whitfield, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33065/whitfield/topic/family-households