3.0 ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Pauls · Urban Centre
Family & Households in St Pauls
How families and households are made up across the area.
A sharp rise in one-parent families has shifted the domestic landscape of St Pauls since 2011. The area now sees a much higher number of people sharing each home than most other places, with 3.0 people per household on average.
3.0
▲ +11.1%
- 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 St Pauls — higher than 87% of areas.
| St Pauls | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are more crowded than usual, with a typical size of 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure. While 30.2% of households have two people, those living alone rose slightly to 27.9% since 2011.
27.9% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →St Pauls splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (29%), with 5 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 33.0% of the community, a figure that is far above the Queensland average and rose by 22 points since 2011. This group is now a major part of the local family mix, alongside couples with children who make up 53.6%.
33.0% ▲ +192.1%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In St Pauls, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; One-parent families is next at 33%.
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 St Pauls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322113/st-pauls/topic/family-households