2.8 —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Machine Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Machine Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in Machine Creek since 2011. This area is now defined by a high number of families with children and very few single-parent homes, with the typical home holding nearly three people.
2.8
—
- 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 Machine Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Machine Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4695, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Machine Creek are larger than most, with a typical size of 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure. Fewer people live alone here compared to the rest of the country, with only 20.9% of households consisting of one person.
20.9% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Machine Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 59.3% having children and 35.4% without. Only 3.5% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
3.5% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Machine Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Machine Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31723/machine-creek/topic/family-households