2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lake Macdonald · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Lake Macdonald
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all families in Lake Macdonald are couples with children. This makes the area stand out for having very few people living alone and a much lower rate of one-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.6
→ 0.0%
- 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 Lake Macdonald — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lake Macdonald | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4563, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most areas, with 2.6 people per dwelling. Only 16.5% of residents live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
16.5% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Lake Macdonald, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 1 person (16%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.6% of families, while those without children account for 40.8%. One-parent families represent just 8.9% of the total, a figure well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
8.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Lake Macdonald, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (41%) and One-parent families (9%).
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 Lake Macdonald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31615/lake-macdonald/topic/family-households