2.0 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Edwards · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Edwards
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than the state or national average define Mount Edwards, where only 2.0 people typically live in each home. This trend is driven by a high number of people living alone and a significant number of couples without children.
2.0
—
- 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 Edwards — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Edwards | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4309, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are smaller than usual, with 28.6% of people living alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 42.9% of the total.
28.6% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Edwards, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 4 people (23%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most frequent family type at 41.5%, while one-parent families make up 12.2% of the total. This last figure is well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
12.2% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Edwards, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (41%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Edwards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31957/mount-edwards/topic/family-households