2.5 ▼ -3.8%
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Australia · Australia
Family & Households in Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
About 2.5 people live in the typical Australian home, marking a national trend toward smaller households. While most people live in family groups, more than a quarter of all Australian households are now made up of just one person.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 2.5–2.6: 1 area
- 2.6–2.6: 0 areas
- 2.6–2.7: 0 areas
- 2.7–2.7: 0 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 0 areas
- 2.8–2.9: 0 areas
- 2.9–2.9: 0 areas
- 2.9–3.0: 0 areas
- 3.0–3.0: 0 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 0 areas
- 3.1–3.1: 0 areas
- 3.1–3.2: 0 areas
- 3.2–3.3: 0 areas
- 3.3–3.3: 0 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 0 areas
- 3.4–3.4: 0 areas
- 3.4–3.5: 0 areas
All australia areas, 2021. The marker is Australia.
| Australia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes now make up 25.6% of all households, a figure that has risen since 2011. This shift has contributed to the typical household size edging down slightly to 2.5 people.
25.6% ▲ +5.0%
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Australia, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type at 58.1%, followed by couples without children at 26.6%. One-parent families make up 14.1% of the total, a proportion that has barely changed since 2011.
14.1% ▼ -0.2%
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children 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 Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/aus/AUS/australia/topic/family-households