3.2 ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Cotton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Cotton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live in each home in Mount Cotton than in the national average, with a typical household holding 3.2 people. This is a family-focused area where very few residents live alone and large households are the norm.
3.2
▲ +23.1%
- 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 Cotton — higher than 89% of areas.
| Mount Cotton | 3.2 |
|---|---|
| 4165, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The number of people per home has risen to 3.2 since 2011, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 2.5. This is reflected in the low number of people living alone, at just 8.4%, a figure far below the national average.
8.4% ▼ -53.4%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mount Cotton splits fairly evenly between 4 people (29%) and 2 people (28%), with 3 people at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 73.5% of the local families. One-parent families account for 7.8%, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
7.8% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mount Cotton, Couples with children is the majority at 74%; Couples without children is next at 18%.
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 Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314018/mount-cotton/topic/family-households