The Mount Larcom Community has diverse household types with the main groups being couples with children and couples without children.

There is a slightly higher percentage of couple families without children in Mount Larcom at 41.0 per cent of the population, in comparison to 40.5 per cent in the Gladstone Region and 40.3 per cent for the state. In 2016, couple families without children made up 36.5 per cent of families compared to 41.0 per cent in 2021, while this looks to be a sizeable decrease it represents two families.

Between 2016 and 2021, there was a sizable decrease of 28.5 per cent or 37 people in the number of couple families with children, decreasing to 38.9 per cent of the population in 2021. This is 6.7 per cent lower than the region and 5.5 per cent lower than the State.

One parent families represented 18.4 per cent of the community, in 2021, an increase of 33 per cent (10 families) since 2016. This is higher than the region by 10.8 per cent and 102 per cent higher than the State.

People in a registered marriage make up 48.9 per cent (113 people) of Mount Larcom in 2021, which is higher than the Gladstone Region at 43.6 per cent.

Between 2016 and 2021, the percentage of population in a registered marriage decreased by 0.9 per cent, and similarly people in a de facto marriage decreased by 20.5 per cent and those not married decreased by 8.3 per cent.

Considerations:

• Approximately 2/3 of the community are families with children, with most of the children in the school aged category. Consideration of suitable programming for this demographic should be considered as well as the timing for delivery of these programs.
• Children in the Mount Larcom area are mostly school aged. Programming and infrastructure selection should focus on the age demographics 5-14, with 49 children falling into this bracket.

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