2.4 ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Pleasant
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Mount Pleasant than in most similar areas. While it has a typical home size of 2.4 people, over a quarter of households consist of just one person. This mix of single dwellers and family groups defines the local housing landscape.
2.4
▼ -11.1%
- 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 Pleasant — lower than 57% of areas.
| Mount Pleasant | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.6% of people here live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 36.9% of all households.
27.6% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 53.8% of families in the area. One-parent families account for 13.0% of the total, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
13.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Pleasant, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32014/mount-pleasant/topic/family-households