3.2 ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Isa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Isa
How families and households are made up across the area.
Few areas like Mount Isa have such a high proportion of large households. Homes here are much bigger than the national figure, with the typical house holding 3.2 people. This is driven by a very high number of families with children and far fewer people living by themselves.
3.2
▲ +52.4%
- 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 Isa — higher than 89% of areas.
| Mount Isa | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical size of 3.2 people, households in Mount Isa are well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. Only 8.9% of people live alone, which is far below the national rate of 25.6%.
8.9% ▼ -80.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Isa, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 4 people (23%) and 3 people (21%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 80.9% of the total, while one-parent families are much lower than most areas at just 3.2%. This is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.2% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Isa, Couples with children is the majority at 83%; Couples without children is next at 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 Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31974/mount-isa/topic/family-households