2.3 ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 78% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.3
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.
A rise in people living alone has shaped the domestic landscape of Very Remote Australia since 2011. The typical home now holds 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas and reflects a shift toward smaller households across these remote regions.
2.3
▼ -17.9%
- 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 — lower than 78% of areas.
| Very Remote Australia | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One third of people here live alone, a figure that is well above the national level and has risen by 13 percentage points since 2011. Consequently, smaller homes are common, with 34.8% of households containing two people and 33% containing just one.
33.0% ▲ +66.5%
Higher than 85% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Very Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.1%, while one-parent families represent 9.7% of the total. This last figure is well below the Australian average, though it has risen slightly since 2011.
9.7% ▲ +61.1%
Lower than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 55%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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/RA94/very-remote-australia/topic/family-households