2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
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.
A slightly higher share of one-parent families than the national average marks the family landscape across the Major Cities of Australia. While most households follow national patterns, about 28% of people here live alone. This has remained steady over the last decade.
2.4
→ 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 — lower than 57% of areas.
| Major Cities of Australia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.5. Two-person households are the most common at 33.4%, while 28% of residents live by themselves.
28.0% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 53% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 33%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of all families are couples with children, at 56.6%. One-parent families make up 15.2% of the total, which is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.2% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 27%.
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/RA40/major-cities-of-australia/topic/family-households