2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
North Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in North Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in North Mackay than in most similar areas. This contributes to smaller households across the suburb, with the typical home holding only 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 North Mackay — lower than 76% of areas.
| North Mackay | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.3% of homes are occupied by a single person, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This high number of sole occupants means the typical household size is a little below the Queensland average.
34.3% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →North Mackay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the total, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Almost half of all families here are couples with children.
20.5% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In North Mackay, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 North Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32179/north-mackay/topic/family-households