Mount Delaney · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Delaney

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live in each home in Mount Delaney than in most similar areas. This is a family-heavy community where the typical household size is 3.1 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5.

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📍 Mount Delaney, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Delaney sits — Average household size

3.1 ▲ +6.9%
  • 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 Delaney — higher than 88% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Delaney3.1
4514, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

With 3.1 people per home, households here are larger than the Queensland average. This is consistent with only 18.2% of people living alone, a figure that is well below the national average of 25.6%.

3.1 ▲ +6.9%

Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9
  • 2016: 2.8
  • 2021: 3.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.2%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 18.2%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Delaney, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 65.6%. One-parent families account for 9.4% of the total, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.

9.4% ▼ -59.9%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 23.4%
  • 2016: 14.8%
  • 2021: 9.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Delaney, Couples with children is the majority at 68%; Couples without children is next at 23%.

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 Delaney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31956/mount-delaney/topic/family-households