2.6 ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Farleigh · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Farleigh
How families and households are made up across the area.
Farleigh (L) has seen a shift in its home lives since 2011, with far fewer people living alone and a drop in one-parent families. The area is now dominated by couples with children, who make up 59.1% of all families.
2.6
▲ +4.0%
- 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 Farleigh — higher than 71% of areas.
| Farleigh | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 20.2% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6% and much lower than most similar areas. With fewer single-person homes, the typical household size has edged up to 2.6 people.
20.2% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Farleigh, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 9.9% of the local total, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and fell 7.2 points since 2011.
9.9% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Farleigh, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Farleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322043/farleigh/topic/family-households