2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Very Remote Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Far more people live alone in Very Remote Australia than in most other parts of the country. This region sees a high number of single-person homes, while one-parent families are also much more common here than across the nation.
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 Very Remote Australia — lower than 57% of areas.
| Very Remote Australia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.5% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure.
35.5% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 94% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Very Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.3% of the total, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%. Couples with children are the most common family type at 47.6%.
22.3% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 91% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (28%) and One-parent families (22%).
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/family-households