2.5 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McPherson · Federal Electorate
Family & Households in McPherson
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of the households in McPherson are couples with children, making it a place centered on family life. The typical home here holds 2.5 people, a figure that has remained steady for a decade and matches the national average.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 2 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 3 areas
- 2.3: 23 areas
- 2.4: 27 areas
- 2.5: 26 areas
- 2.6: 22 areas
- 2.7: 16 areas
- 2.8: 8 areas
- 2.9: 9 areas
- 3.0: 5 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 2 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is McPherson — lower than 57% of areas.
| McPherson | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.5% of residents live alone, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Two-person households are the most common, making up 35.1% of all homes.
23.5% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McPherson, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.1% of the area, which is higher than most similar places. This figure has fallen by 1.4 points since 2011 and is now about the same as the national average.
15.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McPherson, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 McPherson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED322/mcpherson/topic/family-households