2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
Household patterns in the major cities of Australia have remained steady since 2011, with the typical home hosting 2.6 people. While this is much higher than most areas, it aligns closely with the national figure.
2.6
→ 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 — higher than 77% of areas.
| Major Cities of Australia | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One quarter of people live alone, a figure that rose 1.3 percentage points since 2011. Two-person homes are the most common at 32.9%, while those with four people make up 16.5% of the total.
25.0% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 (25%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60% of families, while those without children account for 25.5%. One-parent families represent 13.4% of the total, which is lower than most areas and barely changed since 2011.
13.4% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 73% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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/RA50/major-cities-of-australia/topic/family-households