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Landsborough - Mount Mellum

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In Landsborough - Mount Mellum, 31.7% of households were made up of couples with children in 2021, compared with 30.6% in Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine.

Landsborough - Mount Mellum's household and family structure is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

To continue building the story, Landsborough - Mount Mellum's Household Summary should be viewed in conjunction with Households with Children, Households without Children, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

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Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the person's relationship (to each other person in the household)?'

Household type
Landsborough - Mount Mellum - Total households (Enumerated)20212016Change
Households by typeNumber%Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine %Number%Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine %2016 to 2021
Couples with children58431.730.644127.826.8+142
Couples without children56730.831.647129.733.6+96
One parent families20811.37.317911.36.9+29
Other families160.9--80.6--+7
Group household593.22.4503.24.4+9
Lone person31917.318.429718.721.5+22
Other not classifiable household553.06.5895.65.8-34
Visitor only households351.93.2503.11.0-15
Total households1,843100.0100.01,587100.0100.0+255
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the household/family types in Landsborough - Mount Mellum in 2021 compared to Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 31.7% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 11.3% were one-parent families, compared with 30.6% and 7.3% respectively for Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine.

There were a lower proportion of lone person households and a lower proportion of couples without children. Overall, the proportion of lone person households was 17.3% compared to 18.4% in Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine while the proportion of couples without children was 30.8% compared to 31.6% in Belli Park - Cooloolabin - Gheerulla - Coolabine.

Emerging groups

The number of households in Landsborough - Mount Mellum increased by 256 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in family/household types in Landsborough - Mount Mellum between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • Couples with children (+142 households)
  • Couples without children (+96 households)

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