2.8 ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mooloolah · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mooloolah
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far fewer people live alone in Mooloolah compared to the rest of the country. This area is shaped by larger households, with 2.8 people per home on average. It is a family-focused community where the majority of households consist of couples with children.
2.8
▲ +27.3%
- 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 Mooloolah — higher than 81% of areas.
| Mooloolah | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 4553, QLD | 3.0 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with an average of 2.8 people per dwelling, a figure that has risen since 2011. Only 15.5% of people live alone, which is far below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
15.5% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mooloolah, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 61.1% of families in Mooloolah. One-parent families represent 11.0% of the total, which is well below the Queensland figure of 15.4% and has fallen since 2011.
11.0% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mooloolah, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 Mooloolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315066/mooloolah/topic/family-households