3.1 ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Jordan · State Electorate
Family & Households in Jordan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people sharing each roof than most areas makes Jordan a place of larger households. This shift is clear as the typical home now holds 3.1 people, a figure that has climbed since 2011. These larger living arrangements define the daily experience for many residents.
3.1
▲ +24.0%
- 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 Jordan — higher than 95% of areas.
| Jordan | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than the national figure of 2.5 people. This is mirrored by a sharp drop in people living alone, who now make up only 12.4% of households, far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
12.4% ▼ -46.7%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Jordan splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (23%), with 3 people at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 68.3%. Meanwhile, one-parent families make up 13.1% of the mix, which is about the same as the national figure and has risen slightly since 2011.
13.1% ▲ +42.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Jordan, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Jordan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30039/jordan/topic/family-households