Cedar Vale · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Cedar Vale

How families and households are made up across the area.

Larger households are a defining feature of Cedar Vale, which has some of the highest numbers of people per home for its area type. Most residents live in family settings, with very few people living by themselves compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Cedar Vale, Urban Centre

Where Cedar Vale sits — Average household size

3.4 ▲ +3.0%
  • 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 Cedar Vale — higher than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cedar Vale3.4
4285, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Typical homes here hold 3.4 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Only 7.7% of people live alone—far below the 25.6% seen across Australia—while 9.1% of households contain six or more people.

3.4 ▲ +3.0%

Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.3
  • 2016: 3.9
  • 2021: 3.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

7.7% ▼ -15.4%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 16.4%
  • 2021: 7.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Cedar Vale splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (25%), with 3 people at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is common here, with 70.7% of homes consisting of couples with children. Only 9.5% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.

9.5% ▲ +7.2%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.8%
  • 2016: 50.7%
  • 2021: 9.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Cedar Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 20%.

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 Cedar Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315016/cedar-vale/topic/family-households