2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
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.
One-parent families make up 18.9% of the total in Remote Australia, a figure well above the national average. Most households consist of couples with children, though there is a significant proportion of single-parent homes. The typical home here is larger than in most other similar areas.
2.7
→ 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 Remote Australia — higher than 86% of areas.
| Remote Australia | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Remote Australia have an average of 2.7 people, which is among the highest for this level of area. This figure has barely changed since 2011, with 26.4% of residents living alone.
26.4% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 67% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between 2 people (30%) and 1 person (26%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families are much more common here than in most areas, making up 18.9% of families. This proportion rose by 2.0 percentage points since 2011, leaving this group well above the national figure of 14.1%.
18.9% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 85% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remote Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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/RA73/remote-australia/topic/family-households