2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
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.
Single-parent families are much more common in Other Urban than in most similar areas. While the typical household size here is 2.5 people, the area sees a high proportion of lone parents and a growing number of people living on their own.
2.5
→ 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 — higher than 57% of areas.
| Other Urban | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.2% of people live alone, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits a little above the national average. Most homes are small, with 36.6% housing two people and 27.2% housing just one.
27.2% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.6% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Over half of all families are couples with children, while 30.2% are couples without children.
17.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 83% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
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/SOS31/other-urban/topic/family-households