2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Kurwongbah · State Electorate
Family & Households in Kurwongbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Kurwongbah than in the rest of Australia. The area is defined by larger households and a high proportion of families with children, creating a residential profile that differs notably from state and national patterns.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Kurwongbah — higher than 79% of areas.
| Kurwongbah | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than most areas, with 2.8 people per home compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the fact that only 17.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.6% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Kurwongbah, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 60.7%. One-parent families represent 15.9% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
15.9% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Kurwongbah, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Kurwongbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30042/kurwongbah/topic/family-households