Moolboolaman · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Moolboolaman

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift in living patterns has seen Moolboolaman become a place where more people live alone compared to the past. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area now has a higher proportion of single-person households than most similar places.

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📍 Moolboolaman, Suburb / Locality

Where Moolboolaman sits — Average household size

2.4 → 0.0%
  • 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 Moolboolaman — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moolboolaman2.4
4671, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly 28% of people in Moolboolaman live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 43.5% of all households.

2.4 → 0.0%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

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

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.0% ▲ +11.3%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 25.1%
  • 2016: 34.1%
  • 2021: 28.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Moolboolaman, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 17% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 14.1%. Couples without children are the largest group at 41.4%.

17.0% ▼ -13.0%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 19.5%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 17.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Moolboolaman splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (42%) and Couples with children (39%), with One-parent families at 17%.

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 Moolboolaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31893/moolboolaman/topic/family-households