2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Major Cities of Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Higher home occupancy than most similar areas defines the family life in Major Cities of Australia. While the typical home holds 2.7 people, these urban hubs see a lower rate of people living alone compared to the national figure.
2.7
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 5 areas
- 2.4: 11 areas
- 2.5: 5 areas
- 2.6: 4 areas
- 2.7: 4 areas
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 1 area
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 0 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 0 areas
- 3.6: 0 areas
- 3.7: 0 areas
- 3.8: 1 area
All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Major Cities of Australia — higher than 86% of areas.
| Major Cities of Australia | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with 31.3% of households containing two people. Only 23.8% of residents live alone, which is a little below the Australian average of 25.6%.
23.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.4% of families. One-parent families account for 13.5%, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the national average.
13.5% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 70% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA10/major-cities-of-australia/topic/family-households