3.1 ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moa Island · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moa Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families on Moa Island consist of couples with children, making it the most common home setup. This island community has much larger households than the national figure, with an average of 3.1 people per home.
3.1
▼ -6.1%
- 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 Moa Island — higher than 88% of areas.
| Moa Island | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with a typical household of 3.1 people compared to the national figure of 2.5. Despite this, 26.8% of people live alone, which is a little above the Queensland average of 24.7%.
26.8% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moa Island splits fairly evenly between 1 person (27%) and 2 people (22%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 35.1% of the total, a figure that is far above the national rate of 14.1%. This is among the highest proportions of single-parent homes for areas of this type.
35.1% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moa Island, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 35%.
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 Moa Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31868/moa-island/topic/family-households