1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
A growing number of people are living alone in Mackay, with nearly half of all households now consisting of just one person. This shift has pushed the typical number of people per home down to 1.9, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Mackay — lower than 96% of areas.
| Mackay | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 48% of residents live alone, a figure that is far above the Queensland average and has risen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011. This high proportion of single-person homes means the area has some of the lowest occupancy rates among similar places.
48.0% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.5% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a rise of 2.8 percentage points since 2011, and is much higher than most other similar areas.
21.5% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (22%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Mackay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021346/mackay/topic/family-households