2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moorooka · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moorooka
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher proportion of people living alone than most other areas defines the current household landscape in Moorooka. The area is largely composed of smaller living arrangements, with 30.3% of homes containing just one person. This trend contributes to the typical home size being smaller than the state and national figures.
2.3
→ 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 Moorooka — lower than 71% of areas.
| Moorooka | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4105, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Moorooka holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which at 30.3% is well above the national figure of 25.6%.
30.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Moorooka splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 12.7% of the total, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the national average of 14.1%.
12.7% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moorooka, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Moorooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31910/moorooka/topic/family-households