4.3 ▲ +79.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 4.2
- 2021: 4.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Mabuiag Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Mabuiag Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
A massive gap exists between Mabuiag Island and the rest of the country, with households here being far larger than the national figure. This is a place where crowded homes are common, and nearly 40% of dwellings house six or more people.
4.3
▲ +79.2%
- 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 Mabuiag Island — higher than 99% of areas.
| Mabuiag Island | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| 4875, QLD | 3.3 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home on Mabuiag Island now holds 4.3 people, which is far above the Queensland average of 2.5. Very few people live alone here, at just 15.7%, a figure well below the national average.
15.7% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Mabuiag Island, the largest group is 6 or more at 41%, followed by 2 people (18%) and 5 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 30.9% of the community, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 12 percentage points since 2011, while 66.5% of families are couples with children.
30.9% ▲ +61.2%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Mabuiag Island, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; One-parent families is next at 30%.
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 Mabuiag Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322075/mabuiag-island/topic/family-households