2.7 ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mareeba - South · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mareeba - South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Mareeba - South than in previous years, with the typical home now holding 2.7 people. This shift since 2011 has made the area much more likely to have larger households compared to most other similar places.
2.7
▲ +35.0%
- 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 Mareeba - South — higher than 76% of areas.
| Mareeba - South | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| 4880, QLD | 2.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
While the typical home holds about the same number of people as the national figure, 15.6% of residents now live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%. This is a big drop from 2011, when 36.1% of people lived by themselves.
15.6% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mareeba - South, the largest group is 2 people at 44%, followed by 3 people (17%) and 1 person (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.3% of families here. One-parent families account for only 8.5%, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 15.4%.
8.5% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mareeba - South, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 37%.
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 Mareeba - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321071/mareeba-south/topic/family-households