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.
Mount Carbine · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Carbine — lower than 91% of areas.
| Mount Carbine | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
47.7% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Mount Carbine, 1 person is the majority at 53%; 2 people is next at 33%.
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mount Carbine, the largest group is Couples without children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (33%) and Couples with children (19%).
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