2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
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.
Outer Regional Australia shows a mix of family types, with typical household sizes remaining around the national average. While many people live in couples with children, there has been a steady rise in people living alone. This area currently has a higher proportion of one-parent families than most other similar regions.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 57% of areas.
| Outer Regional Australia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.5. However, the number of people living alone has risen to 27.1%, which is a little above the Australian average.
27.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 61% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
More than half of families here are couples with children, though one-parent families make up 16.3%. This last figure is higher than most areas and is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
16.3% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Outer Regional Australia
Cite this page
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/RA32/outer-regional-australia/topic/family-households