2.5 ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday · Region (SA4)
Family & Households in Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, accounting for 56.6% of families. Most homes here house 2.5 people, which is higher than in most other areas. While the region follows state and national trends for household size, more people have begun living alone over the last decade.
2.5
▼ -7.4%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 1 area
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 18 areas
- 2.4: 20 areas
- 2.5: 18 areas
- 2.6: 11 areas
- 2.7: 7 areas
- 2.8: 5 areas
- 2.9: 4 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 3 areas
- 3.2: 1 area
All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.5 people, though this number has edged down since 2011. About 24.8% of people now live alone, a figure that rose 3.9 percentage points over the last ten years.
24.8% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 66% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.7% of the region, which is a little below the Queensland figure and lower than most other areas. This proportion has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +18.8%
Lower than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 - Isaac - Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/312/mackay-isaac-whitsunday/topic/family-households