2.4 ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Burleigh · State Electorate
Family & Households in Burleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people are living alone in Burleigh than they were in 2011, contributing to a shift in how the area is settled. The number of single-person households rose by 9.2 percentage points over the decade, leaving the typical home with 2.4 people.
2.4
▼ -17.2%
- 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 Burleigh — lower than 71% of areas.
| Burleigh | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home now holds 2.4 people, which is lower than most areas and down from 2.9 in 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 36.2%, while 26.4% of residents live alone.
26.4% ▲ +53.3%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Burleigh, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.5% of families here. One-parent families represent 14.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas but fell by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
14.9% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Burleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Burleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30012/burleigh/topic/family-households