2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine Coast · Urban Area
Family & Households in Sunshine Coast
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share their homes in the Sunshine Coast than in most other areas, with 2.5 people living in the typical house. This reflects a strong presence of family groups, as the proportion of people living alone has fallen since 2011.
2.5
▲ +4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Sunshine Coast — higher than 71% of areas.
| Sunshine Coast | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4565, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than in most similar areas, with 38.5% of households consisting of two people. The number of people living alone is much lower than in most areas, falling to 23.6% over the last decade.
23.6% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 89% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine Coast, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families (52.9%), while one-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas at 13.7%. This figure for single-parent homes has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine Coast, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Sunshine Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3015/sunshine-coast/topic/family-households