2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Queenstown · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Queenstown
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 42% of people live alone in Queenstown (SA), making single-person households the most common living arrangement. This high number of solo residents means the area has a much lower number of people per home than most other places.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Queenstown — lower than 81% of areas.
| Queenstown | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 5014, SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by the fact that 41.9% of households are single people, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
41.9% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Queenstown, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Other family types are also common, with couples with children representing 49.7% of the mix.
19.2% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Queenstown, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Queenstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41232/queenstown/topic/family-households