2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
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.
Over half of all families in Remote Australia are couples with children. This region has a high number of people living alone, with about 31% of households consisting of just one person. These factors contribute to a typical home size of 2.3 people, which is lower than the national figure.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 — lower than 78% of areas.
| Remote Australia | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A high 31.4% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the Australian average and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home here has only 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas.
31.4% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.7% of families, while couples without children account for 35.6%. One-parent families are much less common here than in most areas, making up 11.9% of the total.
11.9% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remote Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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/RA43/remote-australia/topic/family-households