2.1 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Maleny · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Maleny
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are a common sight in Maleny, where 33.4% of people live alone. This high number of single-person homes means the typical home here is smaller than in most other areas.
2.1
→ 0.0%
- 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 Maleny — lower than 71% of areas.
| Maleny | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 4552, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
With 33.4% of people living alone, the number of solo residents is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home in Maleny has only 2.1 people, which is a little below the Queensland average of 2.5.
33.4% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Maleny, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (33%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Almost half of all families here are couples without children. One-parent families make up 17.8% of the total, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%, though this has fallen 7.7 points since 2011.
17.8% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Maleny, the largest group is Couples without children at 46%, followed by Couples with children (35%) and One-parent families (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 Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315057/maleny/topic/family-households