2.5 —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Charlton · Suburb / Locality
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.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Charlton — higher than 50% of areas.
| Mount Charlton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4741, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
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.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
13.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Mount Charlton, the largest group is 2 people at 47%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (19%).
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.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In Mount Charlton, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 38%.
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