2.5 ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Bouldercombe · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Bouldercombe
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Bouldercombe include children, making it a place where family life is central to the community. While home sizes have shrunk over the last decade, the area remains more family-oriented than most other places in the region.
2.5
▼ -19.4%
- 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 Bouldercombe — higher than 64% of areas.
| Bouldercombe | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
An average of 2.5 people live in each home, which is about the same as the national figure. While 22.4% of people live alone—a figure well below the Australian average—this is a significant increase from 2011 when only 7.7% lived by themselves.
22.4% ▲ +189.4%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Bouldercombe, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (23%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 52.7% of families here. One-parent families account for 11.7% of the total, which is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
11.7% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Bouldercombe, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Bouldercombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321021/bouldercombe/topic/family-households