Mutarnee · Suburb / Locality

Family & Households in Mutarnee

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.

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📍 Mutarnee, Suburb / Locality

Where Mutarnee sits — Average household size

2.6
  • 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 Mutarnee — higher than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Mutarnee2.6
4816, QLD 2.6
Queensland 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

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.

  • 2016: 2.0
  • 2021: 2.6

Average number of people usually resident per household.

15.0%

Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 30.0%
  • 2021: 15.0%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Mutarnee, the largest group is 2 people at 42%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (16%).

Families

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.

  • 2016: 9.5%
  • 2021: 28.4%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Mutarnee splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (36%) and Couples without children (35%), with One-parent families at 30%.

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 Mutarnee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32091/mutarnee/topic/family-households