2.9 ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Peachester · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Peachester
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are common in Peachester, where 2.9 people typically live in each home. This is much higher than most similar areas, suggesting a place where families often share a roof. It is a community where very few people live on their own.
2.9
▼ -31.0%
- 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 Peachester — higher than 86% of areas.
| Peachester | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4519, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 16.5% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. While the typical household size of 2.9 is a little above the Queensland average, this number has fallen since 2011 when it was 4.2.
16.5% ▲ +34.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Peachester, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 1 person (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here—56.3%—are couples with children. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, a figure that is lower than most areas and has fallen 20 points since 2011.
13.2% ▼ -60.3%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Peachester, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Peachester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321081/peachester/topic/family-households