Mount Carbine · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Carbine

How families and households are made up across the area.

Very few people share a home in Mount Carbine compared to similar areas, with only 1.8 people per household. This sparsity is driven by a huge number of people living on their own, making it a place of small households and solitary living.

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📍 Mount Carbine, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Carbine sits — Average household size

1.8 ▼ -5.3%
  • 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 Mount Carbine — lower than 91% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Carbine1.8
4871, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Nearly half of all homes (47.7%) are occupied by just one person, a figure far above the 25.6% national average. Consequently, the typical household size is well below the Australian and Queensland figure of 2.5 people.

1.8 ▼ -5.3%

Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.9
  • 2016: 1.5
  • 2021: 1.8

Average number of people usually resident per household.

47.7% ▲ +9.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 43.8%
  • 2016: 57.4%
  • 2021: 47.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Carbine, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 33%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 35.2% of the total, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Couples without children are the most common family type here, accounting for 51.9% of families.

35.2% ▲ +119.1%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 35.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Carbine, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (33%) and Couples with children (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 Mount Carbine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31945/mount-carbine/topic/family-households