Midgee · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Midgee

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples without children make up the largest group in Midgee, where 42.5% of families fit this category. The area is mostly made up of small households, with the typical home holding just 2.2 people.

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Where Midgee sits — Average household size

2.2
  • 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 Midgee — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Midgee2.2
4702, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Midgee are smaller than in most areas, and the number of people living alone is far below the national figure of 25.6%. About 44.4% of all households consist of two people.

2.2

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

14.8%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 14.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Midgee, 2 people is the majority at 52%; 1 person is next at 17%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Single-parent families are much more common here than in most similar areas, reaching 17.5%. This is well above the Australian average of 14.1%.

17.5%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 13.9%
  • 2021: 17.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Midgee splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (43%) and Couples with children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.

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 Midgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31828/midgee/topic/family-households