2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Meldale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Meldale
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Meldale are couples without children, making this the most common household type. The area has a smaller typical household size and far fewer single parents than the state or national figures.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Meldale — lower than 71% of areas.
| Meldale | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4510, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Meldale holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Only 17.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
17.4% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Meldale, 2 people is the majority at 54%; 1 person is next at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 3.6% of the total, which is far below the 14.1% national average. This is a community dominated by couples, with 53.3% having no children and 44.2% raising children.
3.6% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Meldale, Couples without children is the majority at 53%; Couples with children is next at 44%.
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 Meldale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31800/meldale/topic/family-households