2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackay · Sub-region (SA3)
Family & Households in Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a roof in Mackay than in most similar areas, with a typical home holding 2.6 people. This is a region where family-sized living is common and single-person households are less frequent than the national average.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 1.0: 1 area
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 4 areas
- 2.0: 3 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 17 areas
- 2.3: 60 areas
- 2.4: 55 areas
- 2.5: 57 areas
- 2.6: 43 areas
- 2.7: 19 areas
- 2.8: 27 areas
- 2.9: 16 areas
- 3.0: 13 areas
- 3.1: 6 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 1 area
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Mackay — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mackay | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.9% of people live alone, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 25.6%. While this is the most common home size after two-person households, the number of people per home has edged down since 2011.
23.9% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the biggest group at 56.8%, while one-parent families account for 14.0%. This last figure is around the middle for its level and has risen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
14.0% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackay, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31202/mackay/topic/family-households