2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Louisa · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Louisa
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 60% of families in Mount Louisa are couples with children, making it a prominent hub for family living. This high proportion of families helps explain why homes here are generally more crowded than in other parts of the country.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Louisa — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mount Louisa | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4814, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With a typical 2.8 people per home, households here are larger than the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that far fewer people live alone here compared to the Australian average.
17.1% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Louisa, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 4 people (20%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.1% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.1% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Louisa, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; 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 Louisa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31985/mount-louisa/topic/family-households