2.9 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moresby · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Moresby
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Moresby compared to the rest of the country. This area is dominated by larger households, where the typical home holds 2.9 people, well above the national figure of 2.5.
2.9
▲ +16.0%
- 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 Moresby — higher than 81% of areas.
| Moresby | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 13.7% of people living alone—a figure far below the Queensland average of 24.7%. While 37.3% of households have two people, a significant 13.7% contain five or more residents.
13.7% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moresby, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life in Moresby is mostly based around couples, with 67.2% of families having children. Only 2.5% of families are one-parent households, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
2.5% ▼ -78.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moresby, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Moresby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31915/moresby/topic/family-households