2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Morgan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mount Morgan
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Mount Morgan than in most similar areas. This trend has grown since 2011, leaving the typical home with just 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure. This creates a distinct local profile where small households are very common.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Morgan — lower than 89% of areas.
| Mount Morgan | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4714, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.4% of people here live alone, a figure far above the national average of 25.6%. These single-person homes are the most common household type, which helps explain why the average number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
40.4% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Morgan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (40%) and 2 people (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.8% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. While this is among the highest rates for similar areas, the proportion ever so slightly fell since 2011.
23.8% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Morgan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (38%) and Couples without children (36%), with One-parent families at 24%.
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 Mount Morgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031212/mount-morgan/topic/family-households