2.1 ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Grasstree Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Grasstree Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller households are the norm in Grasstree Beach, where the typical home now holds just 2.1 people. This shift reflects a move away from larger family living, with the number of people per home falling from 3.6 in 2011 to 2.1 in 2021.
2.1
▼ -41.7%
- 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 Grasstree Beach — lower than 71% of areas.
| Grasstree Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
More than half of all homes are shared by two people, while 23.9% of residents live alone. This figure is a little below the national average and has risen by 6.9 percentage points since 2011.
23.9% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Grasstree Beach, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 24%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group at 50.4%, while one-parent families are much less common here than in most areas. At 8.2%, this is well below the national figure and represents a fall of 19 percentage points since 2011.
8.2% ▼ -69.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Grasstree Beach, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Grasstree Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322053/grasstree-beach/topic/family-households