2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
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 people share a roof in Inner Regional Australia than in most similar areas, though the typical home size matches the national figure of 2.5 people. This region is a hub for family living, where over half of all families include children.
2.5
→ 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 Inner Regional Australia — higher than 67% of areas.
| Inner Regional Australia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Typical homes here hold 2.5 people, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 25.8% of people live alone—about the same as the national average—this is lower than in most other similar areas.
25.8% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 38%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 50.9% of families here. One-parent families account for 15.9% of the total, which is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.9% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 70% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
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/RA31/inner-regional-australia/topic/family-households