1.8 ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 1.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
McConnel · State Electorate
Family & Households in McConnel
How families and households are made up across the area.
Very few people share a home in McConnel compared to similar areas. This is a place where living alone is common, with 42.3% of households consisting of just one person. This trend has grown significantly over the last decade, contributing to a typical household size that is well below the national figure.
1.8
▼ -25.0%
- 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 McConnel — lower than 99% of areas.
| McConnel | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Greater Brisbane | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 1.8 people live in the typical home, which is well below the Queensland average of 2.5. This small household size is driven by a high number of people living alone, a figure that rose 19 points since 2011 to reach 42.3%.
42.3% ▲ +82.8%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →McConnel splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (40%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the majority of families here at 53.6%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.5%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and has fallen 5 points since 2011.
9.5% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In McConnel, Couples without children is the majority at 54%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 McConnel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30052/mcconnel/topic/family-households