2.8 ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moranbah · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moranbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly three people live in the typical home in Moranbah, reflecting a larger household size than across most of Australia. This creates a local landscape where family-based living is common and single-person households are far less frequent than in the rest of Queensland.
2.8
▼ -6.7%
- 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 Moranbah — higher than 76% of areas.
| Moranbah | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4744, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Moranbah are often crowded, with 2.8 people per dwelling compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 21.6% of people live alone, which is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
21.6% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moranbah, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up a huge 69.9% of local families. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 10.8%, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages.
10.8% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moranbah, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31912/moranbah/topic/family-households