Mount Marshall · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Marshall

How families and households are made up across the area.

Well below the national average for one-person homes, Mount Marshall is a place where most people live with others. The typical household has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.

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📍 Mount Marshall, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Marshall sits — Average household size

2.4 ▼ -7.7%
  • 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 Marshall — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Marshall2.4
4362, QLD 2.4
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Almost half of all homes have two people, while only 18.2% of residents live alone. This rate of single-person households is well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

2.4 ▼ -7.7%

Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6
  • 2016: 2.5
  • 2021: 2.4

Average number of people usually resident per household.

18.2% ▲ +11.7%

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.3%
  • 2016: 20.9%
  • 2021: 18.2%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Marshall, the largest group is 2 people at 45%, followed by 1 person (17%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 48.4% of families here. One-parent families represent just 8.9% of the total, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.

8.9% ▼ -0.1%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 13.7%
  • 2021: 8.9%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Marshall, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (9%).

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 Marshall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31993/mount-marshall/topic/family-households