2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maranoa · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Maranoa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the state and national figures, 28.9% of people in Maranoa live alone. This is the most striking feature of the local housing landscape, where single-person households have become much more common over the last decade. Most other homes are shared, with the typical dwelling housing 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Maranoa — higher than 71% of areas.
| Maranoa | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.9% of people live alone, a figure that has risen 5.1 percentage points since 2011. The most common household size is two people at 34.3%, while the typical number of people per home is 2.5, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
28.9% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maranoa, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.5% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 12.9%, which is a little below the state and national figures, though this proportion rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
12.9% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maranoa, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Maranoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34860/maranoa/topic/family-households