2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Wights Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Wights Mountain
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Wights Mountain than in most similar areas, making it a place defined by larger households. The typical home holds 2.8 people, which is higher than the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 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 Wights Mountain — higher than 76% of areas.
| Wights Mountain | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4520, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few residents live by themselves, with only 8.3% of households consisting of one person. This is far below the national figure of 25.6%. Instead, 45.5% of homes are shared by two people.
8.3% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Wights Mountain, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 4 people (22%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is dominated by couples, with 57.3% of families having children. Single-parent families make up just 5.3% of the total, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
5.3% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Wights Mountain, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Wights Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33073/wights-mountain/topic/family-households