2.7 ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glass House · State Electorate
Family & Households in Glass House
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Glass House, where 53.9% of families are couples with children. This is a place where few people live alone, and the typical home holds 2.7 people.
2.7
▼ -6.9%
- 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 Glass House — higher than 71% of areas.
| Glass House | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live alone here, at 18.2%, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While 39.7% of homes house two people, the typical home size has edged down slightly since 2011.
18.2% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Glass House, the largest group is 2 people at 40%, followed by 1 person (18%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.8% of the total, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
11.8% ▲ +13.4%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glass House, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Glass House [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30029/glass-house/topic/family-households