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.
Couples with children make up 60% of families in Major Urban, making them the most common home type. This is a diverse area where the typical home holds 2.6 people, a figure that has remained steady since 2011.
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 here are larger than in most similar areas, though they are about the same as the national figure of 2.5 people. Around 25.2% of people live alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
25.2% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 58% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 33%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 13.4% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has barely changed over the last ten years.
13.4% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Major Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 60%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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/SOS50/major-urban/topic/family-households