2.9 ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Theodore · State Electorate
Family & Households in Theodore
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in Theodore, where 62.7% of families live together. This is a place with larger-than-usual households, and far fewer people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.9
▲ +20.8%
- 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 Theodore — higher than 86% of areas.
| Theodore | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Theodore are more crowded than usual, with 2.9 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This trend is linked to a sharp drop in people living alone, who now make up only 15% of households.
15.0% ▼ -48.3%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Theodore, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are mostly traditional, though one-parent families account for 15.6% of the total. This is higher than most areas and sits slightly above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.6% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Theodore, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30083/theodore/topic/family-households