2.4 ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St George · Urban Centre
Family & Households in St George
How families and households are made up across the area.
St George has a much higher share of one-parent families than most similar areas. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, there has been a sharp rise in people living alone since 2011. This shift reflects a changing domestic landscape where smaller households are becoming more common.
2.4
▼ -27.3%
- 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 St George — higher than 57% of areas.
| St George | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4487, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has dropped from 3.3 in 2011 to 2.4 today, which is about the same as the national figure. This change is partly driven by a surge in people living alone, who now make up 30.9% of households—well above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
30.9% ▲ +428.8%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St George splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 24.0% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average of 14.1% and has risen by 19 points since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 46.6%.
24.0% ▲ +391.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St George, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (24%).
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 St George [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315089/st-george/topic/family-households