Moongan · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Moongan

How families and households are made up across the area.

A shift toward smaller living arrangements has shaped Moongan, where 35.9% of homes are now occupied by just one person. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as having a high proportion of single-person households compared to similar places.

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Where Moongan sits — Average household size

2.2 —
  • 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 Moongan — lower than 76% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moongan2.2
4714, QLD 2.1
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Moongan holds 2.2 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This smaller household size is driven by the fact that 35.9% of residents live alone, a rate far above the national average.

2.2 —

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

35.9% —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 27.7%
  • 2021: 35.9%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Moongan splits fairly evenly between 1 person (33%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 14%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Half of all families here are couples with children, while 26.5% are couples without children. One-parent families make up 13.2% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average.

13.2% —

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.2%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Moongan, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 30%.

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 Moongan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31901/moongan/topic/family-households