3.4 ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3
- 2016: 3.6
- 2021: 3.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Mapoon · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in New Mapoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of New Mapoon, which has some of the highest occupancy rates among similar areas. The typical home holds 3.4 people, far exceeding the national figure of 2.5. This creates a community where large households are the norm.
3.4
▲ +3.0%
- 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 New Mapoon — higher than 93% of areas.
| New Mapoon | 3.4 |
|---|---|
| 4876, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the state and national averages, with 16.5% of households containing six or more people. Meanwhile, about 23.3% of people live alone, which is slightly lower than the 25.6% seen across Australia.
23.3% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →New Mapoon splits fairly evenly between 1 person (22%) and 4 people (22%), with 6 or more at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.2% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% national average. Most families are couples with children, who account for 62.4% of the family group.
27.2% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In New Mapoon, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; One-parent families 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 New Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32131/new-mapoon/topic/family-households