2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
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.
A high rate of people living alone separates Outer Regional Australia from the rest of the country. This area is much more likely than most others to have single-person households, with a typical home holding only 2.2 people.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 86% of areas.
| Outer Regional Australia | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.4% of people live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This trend has risen since 2011 and helps explain why home sizes are much lower here than in most other areas.
32.4% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 82% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
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 38%, followed by 1 person (32%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.4% of families, while one-parent families account for 15.3%. This last group is a little above the Australian average and has remained steady since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (35%) and One-parent families (15%).
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA42/outer-regional-australia/topic/family-households