Mount Coolon · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Coolon

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up 100% of the families in Mount Coolon, reflecting a very specific household structure. This is a sparsely populated area where homes are much larger than usual, typically housing four people each.

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📍 Mount Coolon, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Coolon sits — Average household size

4.0 ▲ +53.8%
  • 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 Coolon — higher than 99% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Coolon4.0
4804, QLD 2.3
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With four people per home, Mount Coolon has a figure far above the Queensland and Australian average of 2.5. This is among the highest levels of household density for similar areas.

4.0 ▲ +53.8%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.9
  • 2021: 4.0

Average number of people usually resident per household.

Household size

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In Mount Coolon, the largest group is 5 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (20%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Every family here consists of a couple with children, meaning there are no one-parent families. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Coolon, Couples with children is the majority at 85%; Couples without children is next at 15%.

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 Coolon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31949/mount-coolon/topic/family-households