2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 91% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
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.
Nearly 40% of households in Remote Australia consist of just one person, making it one of the most common living arrangements in the region. This high number of single-person homes contributes to a very small typical household size. Overall, the area is defined by a mix of small units and couples, with few large family homes.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 91% of areas.
| Remote Australia | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than across Australia, with 38.6% of households containing one person. Because of this, the typical home in Remote Australia holds only 2.0 people, which is well below the national figure of 2.5.
38.6% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 9%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children are the most common family type at 44.9%, followed closely by those with children at 40.5%. One-parent families make up 13.6% of the total, which is about the same as the national average.
13.6% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 69% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between Couples without children (45%) and Couples with children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
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/RA63/remote-australia/topic/family-households