2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Isa Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Mount Isa Surrounds
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of families in Mount Isa Surrounds are couples with children. While the typical home size matches the national figure, there is a striking number of people living alone compared to most other areas. This trend of single-person households has grown since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Surrounds — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mount Isa Surrounds | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32% of people here live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. This is a significant increase from 2011. On average, there are 2.5 people per home, which is about the same as across Australia.
32.0% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Isa Surrounds splits fairly evenly between 1 person (32%) and 2 people (31%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18% of the total, a figure well above the 14.1% national average. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while couples with children remain the most common family type at 54.6%.
18.0% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Isa Surrounds, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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 Isa Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315021406/mount-isa-surrounds/topic/family-households