2.1 ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackay Harbour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mackay Harbour
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live in each home in Mackay Harbour than in the typical Australian household. Only 2.1 people live per home here, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5. This trend is driven by a growing number of people living on their own.
2.1
▼ -8.7%
- 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 Harbour — lower than 89% of areas.
| Mackay Harbour | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.3% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen 6.2 percentage points since 2011. This explains why small households are common, with nearly half of all homes containing just two people.
28.3% ▲ +28.2%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackay Harbour, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with only one parent make up 8.3% of the area, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. Half of all families are couples without children, while 40.2% are couples with children.
8.3% ▲ +128.5%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackay Harbour, Couples without children is the majority at 50%; Couples with children is next at 41%.
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 Mackay Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021347/mackay-harbour/topic/family-households