Analysis of the household/family types in Mareeba (S) in 2021 compared to Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 21.0% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 9.8% were one-parent families, compared with 23.8% and 26.1% respectively for Hope Vale Aboriginal (S).
There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a higher proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 23.0% compared to 25.7% in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) while the proportion of couples without children was 26.9% compared to 11.6% in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S).