2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Inner Regional Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in Inner Regional Australia are couples with children. This broad region has a household mix and family structure that mirrors the national pattern, though it sees a slightly higher rate of single parents than the Australian average.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Inner Regional Australia — lower than 57% of areas.
| Inner Regional Australia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, a figure that has edged down since 2011. About 27.9% of residents live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.9% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 54% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parent families make up 15.6% of the total, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average. This figure has barely changed since 2011.
15.6% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 65% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Inner Regional Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA11/inner-regional-australia/topic/family-households