2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
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.
A smaller proportion of one-parent families marks the family landscape of Remote Australia compared to the rest of the country. While the typical household size mirrors the national figure, this region sees far fewer single-parent homes than most other areas. These patterns reflect a distinct domestic structure across the remote regions.
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 Remote Australia — higher than 67% of areas.
| Remote Australia | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Remote Australia are larger than in most areas, with 2.5 people per dwelling. While this matches the national figure, the number of people living alone has risen to 26.7% since 2011.
26.7% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 64% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 33%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units here are mostly couples, with 59.9% having children and 27.4% without. Only 11.8% are one-parent families, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the national average.
11.8% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remote Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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/RA53/remote-australia/topic/family-households