2.0 —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Flinders and Cape Barren Islands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Family & Households in Flinders and Cape Barren Islands
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Flinders and Cape Barren Islands are couples without children. This creates a residential landscape where small households are the norm, with the typical home housing only two people.
2.0
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- 1.0: 7 areas
- 1.1: 0 areas
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 3 areas
- 1.4: 6 areas
- 1.5: 9 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 13 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 37 areas
- 2.0: 54 areas
- 2.1: 115 areas
- 2.2: 188 areas
- 2.3: 287 areas
- 2.4: 258 areas
- 2.5: 272 areas
- 2.6: 246 areas
- 2.7: 211 areas
- 2.8: 190 areas
- 2.9: 149 areas
- 3.0: 119 areas
- 3.1: 66 areas
- 3.2: 44 areas
- 3.3: 38 areas
- 3.4: 30 areas
- 3.5: 10 areas
- 3.6: 8 areas
- 3.7: 5 areas
- 3.8: 4 areas
- 3.9: 2 areas
- 4.0: 3 areas
- 4.1: 1 area
- 4.2: 1 area
- 4.3: 2 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 0 areas
- 5.0: 2 areas
- 5.1: 1 area
- 5.2: 0 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 0 areas
- 5.5: 0 areas
- 5.6: 0 areas
- 5.7: 0 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 0 areas
- 6.0: 2 areas
All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Flinders and Cape Barren Islands — lower than 93% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are very common here, with 39.2% of people living alone—a figure far above the national average. This high rate of single-person homes helps explain why the area has among the lowest number of people per home in the region.
39.2% —
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 39.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Flinders and Cape Barren Islands splits fairly evenly between 2 people (43%) and 1 person (39%), with 3 people at 8%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up 49.3% of families, while couples with children account for 39.9%. In contrast, one-parent families make up only 8.2% of the total, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.2% —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Flinders and Cape Barren Islands, the largest group is Couples without children at 50%, followed by Couples with children (40%) and One-parent families (8%).
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 Flinders and Cape Barren Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602031099/flinders-and-cape-barren-islands/topic/family-households