2.4 ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Emu Park · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Emu Park
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Emu Park, where 43.7% of families fit this description. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there has been a sharp rise in the number of residents living on their own since 2011.
2.4
▼ -14.3%
- 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 Emu Park — higher than 57% of areas.
| Emu Park | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4710, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People living alone now make up 25.7% of households, a 13 point increase over the last decade. This is lower than most similar areas, though it sits about the same as the national figure.
25.7% ▲ +107.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Emu Park, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.0% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure. This group has grown by 10 points since 2011, and is now higher than in most similar areas.
18.0% ▲ +136.2%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Emu Park, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (18%).
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 Emu Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315032/emu-park/topic/family-households