2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
Over half of all families in Major Urban are couples with children, making up 56.7% of the total. This area is home to larger households than most similar places, though the overall family structure has remained steady over the last decade.
2.6
→ 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 71% of areas.
| Major Urban | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in Major Urban typically hold 2.6 people, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While 24.4% of people live alone—a figure that has risen since 2011—this is still a little below the national average of 25.6%.
24.4% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 63% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 34%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.4% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
15.4% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 61% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Major Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 57%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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/SOS30/major-urban/topic/family-households