2.7 ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Middlemount · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Middlemount
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 70.5% of families in Middlemount, making it a place where family life is central. While household sizes have shrunk since 2011, homes here remain larger than in most other similar areas.
2.7
▼ -15.6%
- 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 Middlemount — higher than 76% of areas.
| Middlemount | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4746, QLD | 2.7 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A typical home in Middlemount holds 2.7 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. The number of people living alone has risen significantly to 26.6% since 2011, a figure slightly above the national average.
26.6% ▲ +141.2%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Middlemount splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 1 person (27%), with 4 people at 17%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.8% of the total, which is well below both the Queensland and national figures. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011.
7.8% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Middlemount, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 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 Middlemount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315061/middlemount/topic/family-households