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.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Very Remote Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over a third of households in Very Remote Australia are made up of people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This pattern of single-person living is a standout feature of the region's residential landscape. While family sizes vary, the overall number of people per home remains steady at around 2.4.
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 Very Remote Australia — lower than 57% of areas.
| Very Remote Australia | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person homes make up 34.1% of all households, which is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. In contrast, the typical home has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.5.
34.1% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Very Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between 1 person (34%) and 2 people (33%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 16.6% of the total and slightly exceeding the national rate. Couples with children are the most frequent family type at 51.5%.
16.6% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 74% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA44/very-remote-australia/topic/family-households