2.0 ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Seaforth · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Seaforth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Seaforth, where just 2.0 people live in the typical home. This is well below the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by couples and people living on their own.
2.0
▼ -13.0%
- 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 Seaforth — lower than 86% of areas.
| Seaforth | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the Australian figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why households are much smaller than most areas, with over half consisting of just two people.
30.4% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Seaforth, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 58.1%, while one-parent families are very rare at 5.6%. This last figure is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and has fallen 15 points since 2011.
5.6% ▼ -72.4%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Seaforth, Couples without children is the majority at 58%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321092/seaforth/topic/family-households