2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mutarnee · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more one-parent families live in Mutarnee than in the rest of the country. This gap is a defining feature of the area, where a high share of households are led by single parents and few people live alone.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mutarnee — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mutarnee | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4816, QLD | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
Only 15% of residents live by themselves, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Most homes house two people (47.5%), leading to a typical household size of 2.6 people.
2.6 —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
15.0% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
In Mutarnee, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 28.4% of the area, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for this type of family at this level.
28.4% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Mutarnee splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (36%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Mutarnee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32091/mutarnee/topic/family-households