2.3 ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Midge Point · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Midge Point
How families and households are made up across the area.
Small households are the norm in Midge Point (L), where more than half of all homes house just two people. This modest scale is reflected in the typical home size, which is slightly smaller than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -20.7%
- 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 Midge Point — lower than 57% of areas.
| Midge Point | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 4799, QLD | 2.4 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes make up 54.3% of the area. While the number of people living alone has risen to 20.7% since 2011, this is still well below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
20.7% ▲ +64.2%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Midge Point, 2 people is the majority at 53%; 1 person is next at 20%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 55.9%. Only 10.0% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages.
10.0% ▲ +34.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Midge Point, Couples without children is the majority at 56%; Couples with children is next at 34%.
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 Midge Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322080/midge-point/topic/family-households