2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mossman · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mossman
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher share of single-person households has become a key feature of Mossman since 2011. This area now sees a much higher rate of people living alone than most other similar places. While many homes still house couples with children, there is a notable increase in one-parent families compared to the national average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Mossman — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mossman | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.5% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that is about the same as across Queensland and Australia.
31.5% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mossman splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22% of the local total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other family types include couples with children at 48.8% and those without children at 27.1%.
22.0% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mossman, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (27%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Mossman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31929/mossman/topic/family-households