2.2 → 0.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Margate
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 36% of people live alone in Margate, a figure far above the national average. This high number of single-person homes means the typical household is smaller than in most other areas. It is a community where a significant portion of the population lives independently.
2.2
→ 0.0%
- 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 Margate — lower than 76% of areas.
| Margate | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4019, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with a typical size of 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. This is driven by the 36.2% of residents who live alone, a rate far above the rest of the country.
36.2% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Margate splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.3% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas, while couples with children account for 46.8% of families.
22.3% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Margate, the largest group is Couples with children at 47%, followed by Couples without children (29%) 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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31764/margate/topic/family-households