Moonie · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Moonie

How families and households are made up across the area.

Far fewer one-parent families live in Moonie than in most other areas. This small community is primarily made up of couples with children, and the typical home holds about 2.7 people.

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📍 Moonie, Suburb / Locality

Where Moonie sits — Average household size

2.7 ▲ +8.0%
  • 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 Moonie — higher than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moonie2.7
4406, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes here are slightly larger than the national figure, though 28.1% of people live alone. This rate of single-person households is well above the Queensland average.

2.7 ▲ +8.0%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.7

Average number of people usually resident per household.

28.1% ▲ +26.6%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.2%
  • 2016: 24.1%
  • 2021: 28.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Moonie, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (13%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 67.4%. In contrast, the rate of one-parent families is just 3.9%, which is far below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.

3.9% ▼ -18.6%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Moonie, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 32%.

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 Moonie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31902/moonie/topic/family-households