2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
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.
Fewer one-parent families live in Inner Regional Australia compared to most similar areas. The typical home holds about 2.4 people, which is nearly identical to the national figure, while over half of all families here include children.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 — lower than 57% of areas.
| Inner Regional Australia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 26.9% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits slightly above the national 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common, making up 39.7% of all households.
26.9% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 62% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 40%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.7% of families, while one-parent families account for 12.3%. This last figure is much lower than in most similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
12.3% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 83% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
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 52%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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/RA41/inner-regional-australia/topic/family-households