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Relationships

  • Of the 71,791 people in occupied private dwellings in the Outer South-East Region in 2001, husbands and wives accounted for 46.6% of the population, a total of 33,480 people. Kuraby (49.3%) had the highest proportion and Runcorn (44.2%) had the lowest proportion.

  • There were 3,097 lone parents in the Outer South-East Region, 4.3% of the population. Mount Gravatt East had the highest proportion (5.9%) and Stretton-Karawatha had the lowest proportion (2.7%).

  • A further 4,917 people lived alone (6.8% of the population) in the Outer South-East Region. This proportion was relatively low compared to 15.9% in Mount Gravatt. The lowest proportion of people living alone in the Inner North Region was in Stretton-Karawatha (1.6%).

  • Almost two out of every ten people in the Outer South-East Region (19.8%) were children under 15 years, a total of 14,237 people. In comparison the highest proportion in the region was 24.7% in Kuraby and the lowest was 14.3% in MacGregor.

 Relationship in household (numbers)
 Persons in occupied private dwellings
 
Husband
or wife (a)
No.
Lone
parent
No.
Child
under 15
No.
Dep student
(15-24)
No.
Other
individuals
No.
Group hhold
member
No.
Lone
person
No.
Total usual
res at home
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
4,842 
396 
1,990 
883 
1,129 
416 
647 
10,303 
 Kuraby
2,212 
151 
1,109 
252 
475 
125 
165 
4,489 
 MacGregor
2,290 
206 
700 
423 
748 
250 
287 
4,904 
 Mansfield
4,339 
386 
1,917 
677 
965 
287 
483 
9,054 
 Mount Gravatt
1,252 
110 
481 
120 
274 
117 
445 
2,799 
 Mount Gravatt East
3,904 
513 
1,697 
436 
889 
475 
830 
8,744 
 Rochedale
540 
37 
206 
71 
132 
23 
102 
1,111 
 Runcorn
5,172 
566 
2,697 
749 
1,316 
557 
641 
11,698 
 Stretton-Karawatha
1,395 
79 
665 
335 
382 
49 
47 
2,952 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
3,078 
291 
1,052 
289 
740 
446 
744 
6,640 
 Wishart
4,456 
362 
1,723 
679 
1,022 
329 
526 
9,097 
 Outer South-East Region
33,480 
3,097 
14,237 
4,914 
8,072 
3,074 
4,917 
71,791 
 Brisbane City
358,573 
35,263 
151,516 
43,489 
78,571 
50,548 
85,753 
803,713 

(a) registered or de facto

 

 Relationship in household (percentages)
 Persons in occupied private dwellings
 
Husband
or wife (a)
%
Lone
parent
%
Child
under 15
%
Dep student
(15-24)
%
Other
individuals
%
Group hhold
member
%
Lone
person
%
Total usual
res at home
%
 Eight Mile Plains
47.0% 
3.8% 
19.3% 
8.6% 
11.0% 
4.0% 
6.3% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
49.3% 
3.4% 
24.7% 
5.6% 
10.6% 
2.8% 
3.7% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
46.7% 
4.2% 
14.3% 
8.6% 
15.3% 
5.1% 
5.9% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
47.9% 
4.3% 
21.2% 
7.5% 
10.7% 
3.2% 
5.3% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
44.7% 
3.9% 
17.2% 
4.3% 
9.8% 
4.2% 
15.9% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
44.6% 
5.9% 
19.4% 
5.0% 
10.2% 
5.4% 
9.5% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
48.6% 
3.3% 
18.5% 
6.4% 
11.9% 
2.1% 
9.2% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
44.2% 
4.8% 
23.1% 
6.4% 
11.2% 
4.8% 
5.5% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
47.3% 
2.7% 
22.5% 
11.3% 
12.9% 
1.7% 
1.6% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
46.4% 
4.4% 
15.8% 
4.4% 
11.1% 
6.7% 
11.2% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
49.0% 
4.0% 
18.9% 
7.5% 
11.2% 
3.6% 
5.8% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
46.6% 
4.3% 
19.8% 
6.8% 
11.2% 
4.3% 
6.8% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
44.6% 
4.4% 
18.9% 
5.4% 
9.8% 
6.3% 
10.7% 
100.0% 

(a) registered or de facto

 


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