2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Isa · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mount Isa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much higher rates of one-parent families mark the household landscape in Mount Isa compared to the rest of the country. While the typical home holds 2.6 people, the area sees a growing number of residents living on their own. This mix of larger family units and increasing single-person homes defines the local living patterns.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Mount Isa — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mount Isa | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.1% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This trend has risen since 2011, though the overall number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.6.
28.1% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Isa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the local mix, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This is a notable increase from 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 57.5%.
18.9% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Isa, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021405/mount-isa/topic/family-households