2.1 ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Brisbane · State Electorate
Family & Households in South Brisbane
How families and households are made up across the area.
Two-person homes are the most common arrangement in South Brisbane, making up 39.3% of all households. The area is defined by a high number of small households and a growing proportion of people living on their own. This shift has seen the typical number of people per home drop to 2.1 since 2011.
2.1
▼ -25.0%
- 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 South Brisbane — lower than 95% of areas.
| South Brisbane | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.4% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This has contributed to the area having some of the lowest household sizes across similar regions, falling from 2.8 people per home in 2011 to 2.1 in 2021.
35.4% ▲ +111.3%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →South Brisbane splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43% of families here, followed closely by couples without children at 42.3%. One-parent families account for 11.8% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
11.8% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →South Brisbane splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 South Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30076/south-brisbane/topic/family-households