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.
McDowall · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in McDowall
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households have become more common in McDowall, where the typical home now holds 2.9 people. This is a little above the national figure and is much higher than most similar areas. The area is dominated by family groups, with very few people living on their own.
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 McDowall — higher than 81% of areas.
| McDowall | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4053, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 14.1% of residents live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Most homes are larger than usual, with 33.9% housing two people and 22.3% holding four.
14.1% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McDowall, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for just 8.6%, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.6% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McDowall, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 McDowall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31790/mcdowall/topic/family-households