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.
Major Urban · Section of State
Family & Households in Major Urban
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of residents in Major Urban live alone, reflecting a high proportion of single-person households. This trend has remained steady since 2011 and contributes to a typical home size of about 2.4 people.
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 Major Urban — lower than 71% of areas.
| Major Urban | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 28.4% of people live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 33.3%, while the overall number of people per home has barely changed in a decade.
28.4% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 65% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families here. One-parent families represent 15.4% of the total, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
15.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 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 56%; 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/SOS40/major-urban/topic/family-households