2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lowood · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Lowood
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Lowood have children, making them the most common household type. The area has a high rate of one-parent families and larger households than most similar places.
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 Lowood — higher than 71% of areas.
| Lowood | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4311, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Lowood holds 2.6 people, which is higher than most areas. While 25.3% of residents live alone—a figure that has risen by 7 points since 2011—the most common household size is two people at 34.9%.
25.3% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lowood, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.8% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 9.7 points since 2011 and is much higher than most similar areas.
24.8% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lowood, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (25%).
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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315054/lowood/topic/family-households