2.5 ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Mowbray
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 63.9% of families in Mowbray, making this the most common family type. This is a community where family living is typical, with an average of 2.5 people per home, matching both the state and national figures.
2.5
▲ +19.0%
- 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 Mowbray — higher than 50% of areas.
| Mowbray | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| 4877, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 23.8% of people here live alone, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 36.9% of all homes.
23.8% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mowbray, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 4.1% of the total, a figure that is far below the national average of 14.1%. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
4.1% ▲ +133.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mowbray, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32045/mowbray/topic/family-households