2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Lower Mount Walker · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Lower Mount Walker than in most similar areas, with only 18.0% of households consisting of one person. This trend helps explain why homes here typically hold 2.6 people, a figure slightly above the national and state averages.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lower Mount Walker — higher than 57% of areas.
| Lower Mount Walker | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4340, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
About half of all households consist of two people, while 18.0% are single-person homes, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
18.0% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Lower Mount Walker, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 44.4% of families, while one-parent families account for 12.6%, a proportion that is higher than in most similar areas.
12.6% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Lower Mount Walker splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Lower Mount Walker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31693/lower-mount-walker/topic/family-households