2.1 ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Stanthorpe · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Stanthorpe
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of households in Stanthorpe are made up of people living alone. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home is smaller than in most other areas, with only 2.1 people per dwelling.
2.1
▼ -19.2%
- 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 Stanthorpe — lower than 71% of areas.
| Stanthorpe | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4380 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 37.7% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. This has risen by 13 points since 2011, helping explain why the number of people per home is a little below the Queensland average of 2.5.
37.7% ▲ +53.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Stanthorpe splits fairly evenly between 1 person (38%) and 2 people (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest family group at 43.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 17.0% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
17.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Stanthorpe, the largest group is Couples with children at 44%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Stanthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315090/stanthorpe/topic/family-households