2.8 ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Moranbah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Moranbah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger homes are much more common in Moranbah than in most similar areas. The typical home here holds 2.8 people, which is higher than the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This trend has edged up since 2011, reflecting a community where few people live alone.
2.8
▲ +7.7%
- 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 Moranbah — higher than 81% of areas.
| Moranbah | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4744, QLD | 2.8 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 21.3% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%. This is much lower than most areas, and the proportion has fallen since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 27.9% of all households.
21.3% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Moranbah, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families here at 69.8%. One-parent families account for 10.9%, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 15.4% and has fallen since 2011.
10.9% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Moranbah, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314017/moranbah/topic/family-households