2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
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.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Other Urban, where nearly 31% of people live alone. This trend toward smaller homes is striking, with the typical household size now sitting at 2.3 people.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 86% of areas.
| Other Urban | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.9% of people live alone, a figure that is well above the national 25.6% and has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home here holds only 2.3 people, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
30.9% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 (31%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 49.9% of families, while one-parent families account for 16.1%. This last group is a little above the Australian average of 14.1% and has risen slightly since 2011.
16.1% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (16%).
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/SOS41/other-urban/topic/family-households