2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Whitestone · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mount Whitestone
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people per home than most similar areas defines Mount Whitestone, where small households are the norm. This shift is driven by a high number of people living alone, which is well above the national figure.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Whitestone — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mount Whitestone | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4347, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.5% of residents live alone, a rate well above the Queensland figure of 24.7%. Because of this, the typical home has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.5.
34.5% ▲ +67.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Whitestone splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.8% of families here. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.1%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.1% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Whitestone, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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 Whitestone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32038/mount-whitestone/topic/family-households