Mount Nathan · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mount Nathan

How families and households are made up across the area.

Couples with children make up a huge 68.6% of the community in Mount Nathan. This is a place where large households are the norm, with a very low number of people living on their own compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Mount Nathan, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Nathan sits — Average household size

3.2 ▲ +3.2%
  • 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 Nathan — higher than 89% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mount Nathan3.2
4211, QLD 2.7
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

Homes in Mount Nathan are much larger than usual, with 3.2 people per house compared to the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 9.1%, which is far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.

3.2 ▲ +3.2%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1
  • 2016: 3.1
  • 2021: 3.2

Average number of people usually resident per household.

9.1% ▲ +17.8%

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mount Nathan, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Family life is dominated by couples with children. One-parent families make up only 7.2% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Queensland average of 15.4% and the national figure of 14.1%.

7.2% ▼ -1.8%

Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 7.2%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Mount Nathan, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 24%.

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 Nathan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32007/mount-nathan/topic/family-households