3.8 ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 4.0
- 2016: 3.9
- 2021: 3.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Family & Households in Very Remote Australia
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families in Very Remote Australia, where households are typically much larger than in other parts of the country. This area is known for having some of the highest numbers of people per home, with a typical household of 3.8 people.
3.8
▼ -5.0%
- 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 Very Remote Australia — higher than 99% of areas.
| Very Remote Australia | 3.8 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than the national figure of 2.5 people, although this has edged down slightly since 2011. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 26.5% of homes hold six or more people, while those living alone are well below the national average at 21.7%.
21.7% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 92% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Very Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (27%) and 1 person (22%), with 2 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 24.9% of the total, a figure that is far above the Australian average and among the highest for similar areas. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011.
24.9% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 94% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; One-parent families 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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA74/very-remote-australia/topic/family-households