Morningside · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Morningside

How families and households are made up across the area.

Smaller living arrangements define daily life in Morningside, where 28.1% of people live alone. This is well above the Queensland figure and contributes to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is lower than most areas.

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Where Morningside sits — Average household size

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 Morningside — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Morningside2.3
4170, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Single-person homes are common here, with 28.1% of households consisting of one person. Two-person homes are the most frequent at 36.1%, keeping the typical household size a little below the national figure of 2.5.

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.

28.1% ▼ -2.6%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 28.8%
  • 2016: 26.5%
  • 2021: 28.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Morningside, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (18%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

More than half of families include couples with children, making up 53.7% of the group. One-parent families account for 13.3%, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average.

13.3% ▼ -3.6%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.8%
  • 2016: 12.7%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Morningside, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.

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 Morningside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31922/morningside/topic/family-households