2.7 ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Plainland · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Plainland
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Plainland than in most similar areas, with only 19% of households consisting of one person. This makes it a place where most residents share their homes. The area is largely defined by family living and larger household sizes.
2.7
▼ -10.0%
- 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 Plainland — higher than 76% of areas.
| Plainland | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4341, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most areas, with 2.7 people per household. This is a drop from 3.0 people back in 2011, and far fewer people now live alone compared to the national figure of 25.6%.
19.0% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Plainland, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of all families in Plainland are couples with children. One-parent families make up 17.7% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
17.7% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Plainland, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Plainland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321083/plainland/topic/family-households