2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maroochy River · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Maroochy River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Maroochy River compared to the rest of the state. This area is dominated by larger households, with 60.1% of families consisting of couples with children.
2.9
→ 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 Maroochy River — higher than 81% of areas.
| Maroochy River | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4561, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per household compared to the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 12.7%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
12.7% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maroochy River, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 4 people (18%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families are couples with children, making up 60.1% of the group. Only 8.2% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below both the Australian (14.1%) and Queensland (15.4%) averages.
8.2% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maroochy River, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Maroochy River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31771/maroochy-river/topic/family-households