2.3 ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Malanda · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Malanda
How families and households are made up across the area.
Single-person homes have risen by nearly 10 percentage points since 2011 in Malanda. This shift has contributed to a trend of smaller households, where the typical home now holds 2.3 people. Today, these smaller living arrangements are more common here than in most similar areas.
2.3
▼ -14.8%
- 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 Malanda — lower than 57% of areas.
| Malanda | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4885, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Roughly 32.2% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. The typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
32.2% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Malanda splits fairly evenly between 2 people (37%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.8% of the community, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
20.8% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Malanda, the largest group is Couples with children at 43%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 Malanda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315056/malanda/topic/family-households