2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brisbane · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Brisbane
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Brisbane than in most similar areas, with an average of 2.6 people per home. This creates a community where larger households are common, though those living alone have become slightly more frequent over the last decade.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Brisbane — higher than 71% of areas.
| Brisbane | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4116, QLD | 3.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.9% of people live alone, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 33% of all homes.
23.9% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brisbane, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.6%, while one-parent families account for 15% of the total. This share of single-parent families is about the same as both the state and national figures.
15.0% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brisbane, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL301001/brisbane/topic/family-households