2.1 ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mission Beach · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mission Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people live alone in Mission Beach, a figure well above the national average. This means homes here are generally smaller than in other parts of the country. Most households consist of just one or two people.
2.1
▼ -12.5%
- 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 Mission Beach — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mission Beach | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4852, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mission Beach holds 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 29.6% of residents live alone—a rate much higher than in most other areas.
29.6% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mission Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest group of families at 46.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.2%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
10.2% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mission Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (46%) and Couples with children (42%), with One-parent families at 10%.
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 Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31863/mission-beach/topic/family-households