2.6 ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Palmwoods · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Palmwoods
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Palmwoods are couples with children, making it a place where family units are the primary way of living. This focus on family life is reflected in the local housing, where homes typically hold more people than in most other similar areas.
2.6
▲ +8.3%
- 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 Palmwoods — higher than 71% of areas.
| Palmwoods | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4555, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Most homes hold two people, but the typical household size has grown to 2.6 people since 2011. Fewer people live alone here than in most other areas, and this figure has fallen slightly over the last decade.
22.3% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Palmwoods, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.8% of local families, while 29.9% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.6%, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has risen slightly since 2011.
14.6% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Palmwoods, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314019/palmwoods/topic/family-households