2.9 ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Algester · State Electorate
Family & Households in Algester
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 62.9% of families in Algester, making it a strong hub for family life. The area is known for larger households, with the typical home holding 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.9
▼ -3.3%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Algester — higher than 86% of areas.
| Algester | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 16.1%, a figure well below the Australian average. This helps explain why Algester has some of the highest person-per-home rates in the region, though this has edged down slightly since 2011.
16.1% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Algester, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the community, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. This proportion has risen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Algester, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Algester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30001/algester/topic/family-households