2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Major Urban · Section of State
Family & Households in Major Urban
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household and family patterns in Major Urban have remained remarkably steady since 2011. The area is defined by larger living arrangements, with a typical home holding 2.7 people, which is much higher than most 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: 0 areas
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 1 area
- 2.3: 6 areas
- 2.4: 7 areas
- 2.5: 7 areas
- 2.6: 6 areas
- 2.7: 3 areas
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 1 area
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 0 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 0 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
All section of state areas, 2021. The marker is Major Urban — higher than 86% of areas.
| Major Urban | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, with 2.7 people per dwelling. This trend has held steady since 2011, and the proportion of people living alone is 23.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 25.6%.
23.8% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 68% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Major Urban, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 61.6%. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average and has barely changed since 2011.
13.4% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Major Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; 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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS10/major-urban/topic/family-households