2.5 ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bulimba · State Electorate
Family & Households in Bulimba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer one-parent families live in Bulimba compared to the state average, with only 11.5% of families fitting this description. Most households here consist of couples with children, while the typical number of people per home has risen to 2.5 since 2011.
2.5
▲ +13.6%
- 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 Bulimba — lower than 57% of areas.
| Bulimba | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes in Bulimba hold 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. While 34.3% of households contain two people, the share of people living alone has fallen 6.3 points since 2011 to reach 24.5%.
24.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bulimba, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.3%. The proportion of one-parent families is well below the Queensland average, and this figure has fallen 5.3 points since 2011.
11.5% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bulimba, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Bulimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30008/bulimba/topic/family-households