2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mossman · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mossman
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of households in Mossman are now run by a single person, a figure that has climbed steadily over the last decade. This reflects a shift in daily life where solo living and one-parent families are much more common than in other parts of the country.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 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 Mossman — higher than 57% of areas.
| Mossman | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | 2.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.2% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. With an average of 2.4 people per home, household sizes have edged up slightly since 2011.
31.2% ▲ +37.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Mossman splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.1% of the local total, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 15.4%.
23.1% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mossman, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (26%) and One-parent families (23%).
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 Mossman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315068/mossman/topic/family-households