2.6 —
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Isa · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Isa
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in Mount Isa than in most similar areas, with typical households holding 2.6 people. The area has a high proportion of one-parent families, which sits well above both state and national figures.
2.6
—
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Isa — higher than 71% of areas.
| Mount Isa | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| 4825 crosses QLD/NT | 2.6 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.3% of residents live alone, a figure that is well above the Queensland average and has remained steady since 2016. Two-person households are the most common at 30.9%.
28.3% —
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Isa splits fairly evenly between 2 people (31%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.3% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, while couples with children form the largest group at 57.2%.
19.3% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Isa, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 22%.
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 Mount Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313009/mount-isa/topic/family-households