2.2 ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
South Mission Beach · Urban Centre
Family & Households in South Mission Beach
How families and households are made up across the area.
Smaller household sizes than most similar areas define South Mission Beach, where typical homes hold just 2.2 people. While couples without children are the most common group, the area remains a mix of family types with a notable drop in people living alone over the last decade.
2.2
▲ +15.8%
- 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 South Mission Beach — lower than 64% of areas.
| South Mission Beach | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 4852, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About half of all homes here house two people, which helps explain why the typical household size of 2.2 is a little below the national figure. This is a shift from 2011, as the share of people living alone fell by 11 points to 25.5%.
25.5% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In South Mission Beach, the largest group is 2 people at 49%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (10%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 43.8% of families, while those with children account for 42.8%. One-parent families are less common here at 12.1%, which is well below the Queensland figure.
12.1% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →South Mission Beach splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (44%) and Couples with children (43%), with One-parent families at 12%.
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 South Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321095/south-mission-beach/topic/family-households