3.5 ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mapoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mapoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are sharing homes in Mapoon than in most other similar areas. The typical household here is much larger than the national figure, reflecting a community where large family groups often live together.
3.5
▲ +6.1%
- 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 Mapoon — higher than 95% of areas.
| Mapoon | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| 4874, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mapoon are well above the Queensland and Australian average, with 3.5 people per household. While 23.5% of people live alone, large households are common, with 17.6% of homes holding five people.
23.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →No single group dominates in Mapoon — 1 person leads at 24%, ahead of 5 people (18%) and 2 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are far more common here than across Australia, making up 34.9% of all families. More than half of all families, 52.7%, consist of couples with children.
34.9% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mapoon, Couples with children is the majority at 53%; One-parent families 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 Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31758/mapoon/topic/family-households