Millaa Millaa · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Millaa Millaa

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than a third of residents live on their own in Millaa Millaa, creating a living pattern where single-person homes are very common. This makes the area's typical household smaller than most other parts of the country.

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Where Millaa Millaa sits — Average household size

2.2 ▼ -8.3%
  • 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 Millaa Millaa — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Millaa Millaa2.2
4886, QLD 2.2
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Living alone is far more common here than in Queensland or Australia, with 38.6% of households made up of one person. Because of this, the typical home holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.

2.2 ▼ -8.3%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.3
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

38.6% ▲ +45.7%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.5%
  • 2016: 30.1%
  • 2021: 38.6%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Millaa Millaa splits fairly evenly between 1 person (39%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 7%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

About half of all families here are couples with children, while 33.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.

15.1% ▼ -34.6%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.1%
  • 2016: 19.7%
  • 2021: 15.1%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Millaa Millaa, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 34%.

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 Millaa Millaa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31836/millaa-millaa/topic/family-households