3.2 ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.3
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Rascal · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Rascal
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over three people per home is the norm in Mount Rascal, making it an area with some of the largest households in the region. This high number of residents per dwelling is driven by a strong presence of families with children.
3.2
▲ +6.7%
- 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 Rascal — higher than 89% of areas.
| Mount Rascal | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 3.2 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 8.1%, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
8.1% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Rascal splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 4 people (27%), with 3 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 71.3% of families, which helps explain the large household sizes. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, accounting for only 4.6% of the total.
4.6% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Rascal, Couples with children is the majority at 72%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Rascal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32017/mount-rascal/topic/family-households