3.7 ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
New Mapoon · Urban Centre
Family & Households in New Mapoon
How families and households are made up across the area.
Among the highest in the region for household size, New Mapoon (L) is a place where most people live in large family groups. The typical home here is much more crowded than the national average, with an average of 3.7 people per dwelling.
3.7
▲ +32.1%
- 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 New Mapoon — higher than 94% of areas.
| New Mapoon | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| 4876, QLD | 3.5 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in New Mapoon (L) are well above the national figure of 2.5 people per house, a number that has climbed from 2.8 in 2011. Only 21.1% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%.
21.1% ▲ +20.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →New Mapoon splits fairly evenly between 4 people (25%) and 1 person (21%), with 6 or more at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.7% of the area, a figure that is far above the national average and rose 12 points since 2011. This is a common living arrangement here, alongside couples with children who form 63.7% of families.
27.7% ▲ +78.7%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In New Mapoon, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
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 New Mapoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322092/new-mapoon/topic/family-households