Captains Mountain · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Captains Mountain

How families and households are made up across the area.

A striking 40.7% of people live alone in Captains Mountain, one of the highest rates for any similar area. While many residents live solo, the typical home still holds about 2.6 people, which is roughly the same as the national figure.

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📍 Captains Mountain, Suburb / Locality

Where Captains Mountain sits — Average household size

2.6 ▲ +4.0%
  • 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 Captains Mountain — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Captains Mountain2.6
4357, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person households are far more common here than in Queensland or Australia, where the figures are around 25%. About 25.9% of homes hold two people, while 11.1% hold four.

2.6 ▲ +4.0%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

40.7% ▲ +100.8%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.3%
  • 2016: 27.3%
  • 2021: 40.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Captains Mountain, 1 person is the majority at 52%; 2 people is next at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Roughly half of families are couples with children, while 40.4% are couples without. One-parent families make up 10.5% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

10.5% ▲ +56.0%

Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Captains Mountain, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (38%) and One-parent families (10%).

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 Captains Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30532/captains-mountain/topic/family-households