2.0 ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mapleton · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mapleton
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much lower number of people per home than the state average defines Mapleton, where the typical household has just 2.0 people. This shift is driven by a sharp rise in people living alone, a trend that has grown significantly since 2011.
2.0
▼ -33.3%
- 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 Mapleton — lower than 86% of areas.
| Mapleton | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4560, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households now make up 33.6% of the area, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home size has dropped from 3.0 people in 2011 to just 2.0 today.
33.6% ▲ +146.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mapleton, the largest group is 2 people at 48%, followed by 1 person (34%) and 3 people (9%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up the largest family group at 51.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 13.2%, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average and has risen slightly since 2011.
13.2% ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mapleton, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 35%.
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 Mapleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321069/mapleton/topic/family-households