2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mackay · State Electorate
Family & Households in Mackay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Mackay are couples with children, making it the most common family type. While the area has a strong family presence, there has been a notable increase in people living alone, which has pushed the typical home size down slightly since 2011.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 2 areas
- 1.9: 3 areas
- 2.0: 4 areas
- 2.1: 7 areas
- 2.2: 23 areas
- 2.3: 65 areas
- 2.4: 66 areas
- 2.5: 72 areas
- 2.6: 51 areas
- 2.7: 44 areas
- 2.8: 32 areas
- 2.9: 28 areas
- 3.0: 11 areas
- 3.1: 10 areas
- 3.2: 10 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 1 area
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mackay — lower than 71% of areas.
| Mackay | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 30% of people in Mackay live alone, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. This trend contributes to a typical home size of 2.4 people, which is lower than in most other areas.
29.8% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mackay, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.3% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This proportion of single-parent households has risen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
17.3% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mackay, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Mackay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30047/mackay/topic/family-households