2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Mackay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in North Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of people in North Mackay live alone, making it a place with much smaller households than most other areas. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home here holds only 2.2 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 North Mackay — lower than 86% of areas.
| North Mackay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.2% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home size is just 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
34.2% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Mackay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.3% of the area, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the national figure. This proportion has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 48.1%.
20.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Mackay, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (20%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in North Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312021349/north-mackay/topic/family-households