1.9 ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 1.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Monto · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Monto
How families and households are made up across the area.
A surge in people living alone has reshaped Monto since 2011. This trend has led to much smaller households, with the typical home now holding just 1.9 people.
1.9
▼ -29.6%
- 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 Monto — lower than 93% of areas.
| Monto | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| 4630, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 43.6% of residents live by themselves, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen 20 points since 2011. This explains why the number of people per home is well below the Queensland figure of 2.5.
43.6% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Monto, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (37%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.0% of the local population, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This proportion has grown significantly, rising 9.5 points since 2011.
20.0% ▲ +90.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Monto splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (40%) and Couples with children (38%), with One-parent families at 20%.
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 Monto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315065/monto/topic/family-households