3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stretton · State Electorate
Family & Households in Stretton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 65.3% of families in Stretton, making it an area where large households are common. The typical home here has 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 Stretton — higher than 95% of areas.
| Stretton | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Stretton are larger than usual, with the number of people per home edging up to 3.1 since 2011. Consistent with this, only 14.4% of people live alone, a figure far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
14.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Stretton, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.9% of the local total, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure. This proportion has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
12.9% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stretton, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Stretton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30081/stretton/topic/family-households