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.
More than half of all families in the Major Cities of Australia are couples with children. This creates a household landscape where the typical home holds 2.6 people, a figure that has remained steady for a decade.
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 23.7% of people here live alone, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 34.1% of all households.
23.7% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 57.4% of families, while couples without children account for 26.4%. One-parent families represent 14.9% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
14.9% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 54% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 57%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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/RA30/major-cities-of-australia/topic/family-households