2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Capalaba · State Electorate
Family & Households in Capalaba
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Capalaba than in most similar areas, with only 21.7% of households consisting of one person. This trend helps explain why homes here are slightly more crowded than the national average. The area is largely made up of family units, particularly couples with children.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Capalaba — higher than 57% of areas.
| Capalaba | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Capalaba holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is slightly higher than it was in 2011, and the number of people living alone has fallen to 21.7%.
21.7% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Capalaba, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families here. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
16.0% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Capalaba, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; 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 Capalaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30017/capalaba/topic/family-households