3.1 ▲ +63.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 1.7
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Sunshine Acres · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Sunshine Acres
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp increase in home occupancy has transformed Sunshine Acres since 2011, with the typical number of people per home jumping from 1.9 to 3.1. This shift is most visible in the plummet of single-person households, which now make up just 12.3% of the area.
3.1
▲ +63.2%
- 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 Sunshine Acres — higher than 88% of areas.
| Sunshine Acres | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. This trend is mirrored by a tiny minority of people living alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
12.3% ▼ -70.5%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Sunshine Acres, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.1%, while one-parent families account for 15.0%. This last figure is about the same as the Queensland average of 15.4%.
15.0% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Sunshine Acres, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Sunshine Acres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321097/sunshine-acres/topic/family-households