2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mapleton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mapleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of residents live alone in Mapleton, which is well above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size across the area compared to the rest of the country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 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 Mapleton — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mapleton | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4560, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mapleton holds 2.1 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is largely because 29.5% of households consist of a single person, far exceeding the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
29.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mapleton, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up over half of the families here at 51.8%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 11.7%, which is well below the state average of 15.4%.
11.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mapleton, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Mapleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31757/mapleton/topic/family-households