2.8 ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Kelly · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Kelly
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Mount Kelly, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a family-heavy community where very few people live alone compared to the rest of the state.
2.8
▼ -9.7%
- 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 Kelly — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Kelly | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4807, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 41.2% holding two people and 16.7% holding four. Only 11.8% of residents live alone, which is far below the Queensland figure of 24.7%.
11.8% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Kelly, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 3 people (18%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the area, as 62.7% of households are couples with children. This helps explain why one-parent families make up just 3.5% of the mix, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
3.5% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Kelly, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Kelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31978/mount-kelly/topic/family-households