Mount Charlton · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Charlton

How families and households are made up across the area.

More than half of all families in Mount Charlton are couples with children. This reflects a community centered on family life, where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Mount Charlton, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Charlton sits — Average household size

2.5
  • 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 Charlton — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Charlton2.5
4741, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 13.3% of people here live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Most homes house two people (44.4%), keeping the typical household size at 2.5 people, which is about the same as the national figure.

2.5

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

13.3%

Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.3%
  • 2021: 13.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Charlton, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the largest group at 53.3%, while couples without children account for 35.2%. Only 3.8% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 14.1%.

3.8%

Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Charlton, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 38%.

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 Charlton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31947/mount-charlton/topic/family-households