Lower Mount Walker · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Lower Mount Walker

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.

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📍 Lower Mount Walker, Suburb / Locality

Where Lower Mount Walker sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Lower Mount Walker — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Lower Mount Walker2.6
4340, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.0%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.6%
  • 2021: 18.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Lower Mount Walker, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 18%.

Families

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.

  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 12.6%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Lower Mount Walker splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (45%) and Couples without children (42%), with One-parent families at 13%.

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 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