Placid Hills · Urban Centre

Family & Households in Placid Hills

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer people live alone in Placid Hills now than they did in 2011, reflecting a shift toward larger households. The area is dominated by families, with 65.5% of homes featuring couples with children.

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📍 Placid Hills, Urban Centre

Where Placid Hills sits — Average household size

3.0 ▼ -26.8%
  • 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 Placid Hills — higher than 87% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Placid Hills3.0
4343, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are larger than the national figure, with 3.0 people per household. This is partly because only 11.5% of people live alone, a rate far below the Australian average of 25.6%.

3.0 ▼ -26.8%

Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1
  • 2016: 1.8
  • 2021: 3.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

11.5% ▼ -38.4%

Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 18.7%
  • 2016: 48.7%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Placid Hills splits fairly evenly between 2 people (32%) and 3 people (30%), with 4 people at 12%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families make up 9.5% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when this group accounted for 26.7% of families.

9.5% ▼ -64.4%

Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 26.7%
  • 2016: 23.3%
  • 2021: 9.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Placid Hills, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 25%.

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 Placid Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322098/placid-hills/topic/family-households