Millaroo · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Millaroo

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift toward more single-person living has occurred in Millaroo, where one third of households are now people living alone. This is a striking contrast to the wider region, as the area has a much higher proportion of solo residents than most other places in Australia.

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Where Millaroo sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -14.3%
  • 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 Millaroo — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Millaroo2.4
4807, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 33.3% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Despite this, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Queensland average of 2.5.

2.4 ▼ -14.3%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

33.3% ▲ +125.0%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.8%
  • 2016: 27.3%
  • 2021: 33.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Millaroo splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life in Millaroo is dominated by couples, with 65.5% of families having children. Notably, there are no one-parent families here, a figure far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Millaroo, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 36%.

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 Millaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31837/millaroo/topic/family-households