2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Perry · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Perry
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in Mount Perry are occupied by couples without children, making this the most common household type. The area has a higher proportion of people living alone than most similar places, and the typical home is smaller than the national average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Perry — lower than 76% of areas.
| Mount Perry | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4671, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.1% of residents live alone, which is well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, Mount Perry has only 2.2 people per home, a little below the national typical of 2.5.
31.1% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Perry, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.1% of the total, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Other families, including couples with children, account for the rest of the local family mix.
18.1% ▲ +35.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Perry splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (43%) and Couples without children (38%), with One-parent families at 18%.
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 Perry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32012/mount-perry/topic/family-households