2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
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.
More than half of all families in Inner Regional Australia are couples with children. This area has larger households than most similar regions, although the typical home size has edged down slightly since 2011. Most homes are occupied by two people, and the overall family structure remains fairly steady.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 — higher than 67% of areas.
| Inner Regional Australia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most similar areas. While 24.9% of people live alone—a figure that rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011—this is still much lower than most other similar regions.
24.9% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 38%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.2% of families, while 31.3% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.7% of the total, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
13.7% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 68% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
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 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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/RA51/inner-regional-australia/topic/family-households