2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.8
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Surprise · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Surprise
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Mount Surprise are people living alone, which is far above the national figure. This contributes to a smaller typical household size than in most other areas. The community is largely made up of two-person homes and couples.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 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 Surprise — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mount Surprise | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4871, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.7% of people live alone, a figure far above the Queensland average of 24.7%. Because of this, the typical home in Mount Surprise holds only 2.1 people, which is a little below the national figure of 2.5.
35.7% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Surprise, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (43%) and 4 people (7%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.8% of the population, which is well below the Australian average of 14.1%. Most families here are couples, with 43.4% having children and 42.2% without.
4.8% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Surprise splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with Other families at 9%.
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 Surprise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32026/mount-surprise/topic/family-households