2.4 ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stafford · State Electorate
Family & Households in Stafford
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Stafford live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person households means the area is less crowded than most, though the number of people per home has ticked up slightly since 2011.
2.4
▲ +9.1%
- 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 Stafford — lower than 71% of areas.
| Stafford | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.7% of residents live alone, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. Because of this, the typical home in Stafford has 2.4 people, which is lower than most other areas.
29.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stafford splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families represent 12.9% of the total, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stafford, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Stafford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30080/stafford/topic/family-households