2.0 ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Oakwood · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Oakwood
How families and households are made up across the area.
A huge shift toward smaller households has seen 40% of people in Oakwood (L) now living alone. This is far above the national figure and marks a significant change from a decade ago. The area is now mostly made up of small two-person or one-person homes.
2.0
▼ -37.5%
- 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 Oakwood — lower than 86% of areas.
| Oakwood | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4670, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Oakwood (L) holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 2.5. This reflects a sharp trend since 2011, when the number of people living alone rose from 4.9% to 40%.
40.0% ▲ +724.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Oakwood splits fairly evenly between 2 people (41%) and 1 person (40%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group here at 51%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.9% of the total, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
9.9% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Oakwood, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 36%.
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 Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322095/oakwood/topic/family-households