2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Outer Regional Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high number of people living alone defines the household landscape in Outer Regional Australia. While couples with children make up nearly half of all families, the region is marked by a significant number of small households, with the typical home holding just 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 Outer Regional Australia — lower than 78% of areas.
| Outer Regional Australia | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31% of residents live alone, a figure well above the national level of 25.6%. This trend has grown since 2011, and it helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than most other areas.
31.0% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 76% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.7% of families, while those without children account for 35.4%. One-parent families make up 13.8%, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
13.8% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (14%).
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA22/outer-regional-australia/topic/family-households