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.
Sandgate · State Electorate
Family & Households in Sandgate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Sandgate than in most similar areas. Most households are made up of couples with children, and the typical home now holds 2.6 people, a figure that has edged up since 2011.
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 Sandgate — higher than 57% of areas.
| Sandgate | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.6 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Two-person households are the most common at 32.3%, while the share of people living alone fell to 24.7% since 2011.
24.7% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sandgate, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 59.6%. One-parent families account for 14.6% of the total, a figure that rose slightly since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national levels.
14.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sandgate, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30074/sandgate/topic/family-households