2.6 ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mossman Gorge · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mossman Gorge
How families and households are made up across the area.
Mossman Gorge has seen its household patterns evolve over the last decade. A striking 37% of families here are headed by a single parent, which is far above the national figure. Most homes are small, typically housing between two and three people.
2.6
▼ -21.2%
- 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 Gorge — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mossman Gorge | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 2.6 people per home, household size is higher than most areas, though it remains about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Two-person homes are the most common at 37%, while 24.7% of people live alone.
24.7% ▼ -39.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mossman Gorge, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 37% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Couples with children are almost as common at 36.4%, while couples without children account for 22% of families.
37.0% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mossman Gorge splits fairly evenly between One-parent families (36%) and Couples with children (36%), with Couples without children at 21%.
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 Gorge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31930/mossman-gorge/topic/family-households