1.9 ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all homes in Mackay are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes and a high number of people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
1.9
▼ -9.5%
- 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 Mackay — lower than 89% of areas.
| Mackay | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.9 people live in the typical home, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the 48% of residents who live alone, a rate far above the 25.6% seen across Australia.
48.0% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is 1 person at 48%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.5% of the total, which is well above both the Queensland and national figures. Other family types include couples with children at 41.4% and couples without children at 33.3%.
21.5% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is Couples with children at 41%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31724/mackay/topic/family-households