2.5 ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Chalmers · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Chalmers
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher share of people live alone in Mount Chalmers compared to the rest of the country. While the typical home holds 2.5 people, about 34.1% of households are single-person dwellings. This is well above both the Queensland and national figures.
2.5
▼ -10.7%
- 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 Chalmers — higher than 50% of areas.
| Mount Chalmers | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 34.1% of the area, which is much higher than most similar places. Two-person homes are also common at 29.3%, while 8.5% of households have six or more people.
34.1% ▲ +88.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Chalmers splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life here is dominated by couples, with 63.8% raising children and 31.6% without. Only 5.6% are one-parent families, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian averages.
5.6% ▼ -46.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Chalmers, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; 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 Mount Chalmers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31946/mount-chalmers/topic/family-households