2.0 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mount Morgan · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mount Morgan
How families and households are made up across the area.
Mount Morgan has some of the highest rates of single-person households and one-parent families compared to similar areas. The typical home here is much smaller than the state average, with only 2.0 people per household. This trend has become more pronounced over the last decade as the area shifts away from larger family groupings.
2.0
▼ -20.0%
- 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 Mount Morgan — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mount Morgan | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4714, QLD | 2.1 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 42.3% of households consisting of just one person. This is far above the Australian figure of 25.6% and reflects a rise of 11 points since 2011, which helps explain why the typical home is now much smaller than in other areas.
42.3% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mount Morgan, the largest group is 1 person at 43%, followed by 2 people (35%) and 3 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.2% of the total, a figure that is far above the Queensland average of 15.4%. This proportion has grown by 5.2 points since 2011, while couples with children represent 36.9% of families.
26.2% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Mount Morgan splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (37%) and Couples without children (34%), with One-parent families at 26%.
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 Mount Morgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315069/mount-morgan/topic/family-households