2.3 ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Glenden · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Glenden
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.1% of families in Glenden, forming the largest group in the area. While many households are family-based, there has been a sharp increase in people living alone over the last decade. This shift has contributed to a smaller typical household size compared to the rest of the country.
2.3
▼ -11.5%
- 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 Glenden — lower than 57% of areas.
| Glenden | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4743, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.7% of people here live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6% and represents a 15 point rise since 2011. Consequently, the typical home in Glenden holds 2.3 people, a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5.
35.7% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Glenden splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (30%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 14.7% of the local total, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%. This is a notable drop from 2011, when the proportion of one-parent families was 22.8%.
14.7% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Glenden, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Glenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322050/glenden/topic/family-households