2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
West Mackay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in West Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 33% of people in West Mackay live alone, which is well above the national figure. This high number of single-person homes means the area has fewer people per household than most other parts of the country.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 West Mackay — lower than 71% of areas.
| West Mackay | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4740, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in West Mackay holds 2.3 people, a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is consistent with the fact that 32.7% of residents live by themselves, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
32.7% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →West Mackay splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, while one-parent families make up 14.8% of the total. This share of single-parent homes is higher than in most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
14.8% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In West Mackay, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next 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 West Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33038/west-mackay/topic/family-households