3.3 ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Masig Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Masig Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Masig Island are couples with children. This community has notably large households, with an average of 3.3 people per home, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.3
▲ +3.1%
- 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 Masig Island — higher than 91% of areas.
| Masig Island | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 23.9% of households containing six or more people. Interestingly, a much higher share of residents live alone compared to most areas, at 31.0%.
31.0% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Masig Island, the largest group is 1 person at 30%, followed by 6 or more (23%) and 2 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 37.8% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
37.8% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Masig Island, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; One-parent families is next at 37%.
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 Masig Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31783/masig-island/topic/family-households