2.8 → 0.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mountain Creek · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mountain Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 60% of families in Mountain Creek are couples with children, making it a strong hub for family life. This shift toward larger households is seen in the fact that homes here typically hold more people than those in the rest of the state.
2.8
→ 0.0%
- 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 Mountain Creek — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mountain Creek | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4557, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Mountain Creek holds 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with the area having far fewer people living alone (15.2%) compared to the Australian average of 25.6%.
15.2% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mountain Creek, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
17.3% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mountain Creek, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Mountain Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32041/mountain-creek/topic/family-households