2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
St Mary · Suburb / Locality
How families and households are made up across the area.
Zero one-parent families are recorded in St Mary, making it a very unusual area for family structures. Most homes are occupied by couples, though the typical household size is smaller than the national figure. This creates a distinct profile where almost every family unit consists of a couple.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is St Mary — lower than 81% of areas.
| St Mary | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4650, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Average household size.
With 2.1 people per home, households in St Mary are smaller than most other areas. This is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5.
2.1 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Average number of people usually resident per household.
In St Mary, the largest group is 2 people at 50%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (25%).
Family types and one-parent families.
Families here are almost exclusively couples, with 54.2% having no children and 45.8% having children. This explains why one-parent families make up 0.0% of the total, a figure far below the national average of 14.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
In St Mary, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 46%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in St Mary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32646/st-mary/topic/family-households