3.2 ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Samford Valley - Highvale · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Samford Valley - Highvale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Large households are common in Samford Valley - Highvale, which has some of the highest numbers of people per home for its area type. The typical home holds 3.2 people, far more than the national figure of 2.5. This reflects a community where most residents live in family groups rather than alone.
3.2
▲ +33.3%
- 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 Samford Valley - Highvale — higher than 89% of areas.
| Samford Valley - Highvale | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4520, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Few people live by themselves here, with only 7.4% in single-person homes—a figure that has plummeted 21 points since 2011. This is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia, and it helps explain why the typical household size has grown to 3.2 people.
7.4% ▼ -74.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Samford Valley - Highvale, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 69.7%. Only 6.2% of families are one-parent households, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a big drop from 2011.
6.2% ▼ -74.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Samford Valley - Highvale, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Samford Valley - Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315087/samford-valley-highvale/topic/family-households