3.1 ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Maclean · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in South Maclean
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define South Maclean, where 3.1 people live in the typical home. This is a little above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community with very few people living alone.
3.1
▲ +6.9%
- 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 South Maclean — higher than 88% of areas.
| South Maclean | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| 4280, QLD | 3.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 12.5% of people live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why homes here are larger than usual, with 34.5% of households containing two people and another 16.8% containing three.
12.5% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Maclean, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 60.1%, while one-parent families account for 12.8%. This share of single-parent homes is higher than most areas, though it is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
12.8% ▲ +43.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In South Maclean, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 South Maclean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32595/south-maclean/topic/family-households