2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Remote Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
A higher rate of one-parent families marks the home lives of people in Remote Australia. While typical household sizes match the national figure, there is a distinct trend toward more people living alone and a higher proportion of single-parent homes compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 Remote Australia — higher than 67% of areas.
| Remote Australia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.2% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While the typical home holds 2.5 people—about the same as across Australia—this number has edged down slightly since 2011.
29.2% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. The most common family type is a couple with children, accounting for 53.6% of families.
16.4% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remote Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA33/remote-australia/topic/family-households