2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Other Urban · Section of State
Family & Households in Other Urban
How families and households are made up across the area.
A high proportion of people living alone defines the home life of Other Urban, where 30% of households are single-person. This is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While home sizes are typical for Australia, the area has a notable number of single-parent families.
2.4
→ 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 Other Urban — lower than 71% of areas.
| Other Urban | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30% of people here live alone, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and has risen since 2011. The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Australian average.
30.0% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 77% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Half of all families are couples with children, while 31% are couples without children.
17.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 85% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 50%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS11/other-urban/topic/family-households