2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
A typical home in the Major Cities of Australia holds 2.6 people, which is much higher than in most other areas. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements across the nation's urban centres. While one-quarter of households are single-person homes, couples with children still make up the largest share of families.
2.6
→ 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 77% of areas.
| Major Cities of Australia | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25% of people live alone, which is lower than in most areas and slightly below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 31.3% of the total.
25.0% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 61.8%. One-parent families make up 13.1% of the total, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
13.1% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 75% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
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 62%; 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/RA20/major-cities-of-australia/topic/family-households