2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McIlwraith · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in McIlwraith
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in McIlwraith compared to most similar areas. This is a place where couples and larger households are the norm, with 41.9% of homes containing just two people and 15.1% holding four.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 McIlwraith — higher than 50% of areas.
| McIlwraith | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4671, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical household size is 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Only 17.4% of residents live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
17.4% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In McIlwraith, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples make up the bulk of family units, with 43.5% being couples without children and 40.6% those with children. One-parent families make up 15.3%, which is higher than in most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.3% ▲ +56.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →McIlwraith splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 McIlwraith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31792/mcilwraith/topic/family-households