2.7 ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sharon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Sharon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the families in Sharon (L) are couples with children. This focus on family life is reflected in the housing data, where the typical home now holds 2.7 people, up from 2.1 in 2011.
2.7
▲ +28.6%
- 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 Sharon — higher than 76% of areas.
| Sharon | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The area has a very low number of people living alone at 10.8%, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 44% of all households.
10.8% ▼ -67.3%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sharon, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 4 people (19%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11% of the total, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and has fallen since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sharon, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Sharon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321093/sharon/topic/family-households