Mount Mort · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Mort

How families and households are made up across the area.

Smaller household sizes have become the norm in Mount Mort, where the typical home now holds just 2.1 people. This is much lower than most areas and reflects a shift toward fewer people living under one roof compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Mount Mort, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Mort sits — Average household size

2.1 ▼ -25.0%
  • 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 Mort — lower than 81% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Mort2.1
4340, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 31.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. Over half of all households consist of just two people, contributing to a typical home size that is a little below the Queensland average.

2.1 ▼ -25.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8
  • 2016: 2.1
  • 2021: 2.1

Average number of people usually resident per household.

31.4% ▲ +86.6%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.8%
  • 2016: 22.6%
  • 2021: 31.4%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Mort, 2 people is the majority at 56%; 1 person is next at 34%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples make up the vast majority of families here, with 53.2% being couples without children and 48.4% with children. Notably, there are no one-parent families in the area, a figure far below both the state and national averages.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.1%
  • 2016: 17.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Mort, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 48%.

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 Mort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32003/mount-mort/topic/family-households