3.1 → 0.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Cotton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Cotton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 72.2% of families in Mount Cotton, making it a strong hub for larger family groups. This is reflected in the high number of people living in each home and a very small number of people living on their own.
3.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Cotton — higher than 88% of areas.
| Mount Cotton | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4165, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Mount Cotton are larger than usual, with 3.1 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. Only 8.8% of people live alone, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
8.8% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Cotton splits fairly evenly between 2 people (28%) and 4 people (28%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 8.1% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national rates. Most families here are couples, with 72.2% having children and another 19.6% without.
8.1% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Cotton, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 20%.
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 Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31952/mount-cotton/topic/family-households