2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Majorca · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Majorca
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Majorca than in most similar areas, with 41.8% of households consisting of just one person. This trend helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the state and national average, holding only 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Majorca — lower than 76% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
A high 41.8% of households are single-person homes, which is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia. This contributes to a typical household size of 2.2 people, a little below the national figure of 2.5.
41.8% ▲ +71.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Majorca, the largest group is 1 person at 42%, followed by 2 people (32%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.1% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples with children at 42% and couples without children at 36.6%.
19.1% ▲ +66.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Majorca, the largest group is Couples with children at 42%, followed by Couples without children (37%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 Majorca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21582/majorca/topic/family-households