Moura · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Moura

How families and households are made up across the area.

More people live alone in Moura than in most other similar areas. This is a key feature of the town, as about 30.8% of households are one-person homes, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%.

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Where Moura sits — Average household size

2.5 → 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 Moura — higher than 50% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Moura2.5
4718, QLD 2.5
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

The typical home in Moura has 2.5 people, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages. While 30.8% of people live alone, two-person households are the most common at 32.7%.

2.5 → 0.0%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.4
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

30.8% ▲ +18.5%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 26.0%
  • 2016: 28.4%
  • 2021: 30.8%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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Moura splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 13%.

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 56.6% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.7% of the total, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.

15.7% ▲ +25.3%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.5%
  • 2016: 12.4%
  • 2021: 15.7%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Moura, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.

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 Moura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32042/moura/topic/family-households