3.0 ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Darling Downs · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Darling Downs
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower share of people live alone in Darling Downs compared to the state and national figures. This creates a distinct profile where households are larger and more likely to be family-based than in most other areas.
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 Darling Downs — higher than 86% of areas.
| Darling Downs | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 6122, WA | 3.0 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Darling Downs are larger than usual, with 3.0 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This is consistent with only 14% of people living alone, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 25.4%.
14.0% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Darling Downs, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most households are families, and 65.6% are couples with children. One-parent families make up only 6.8% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
6.8% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Darling Downs, Couples with children is the majority at 66%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Darling Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50389/darling-downs/topic/family-households