2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 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.
More people live alone in Other Urban than in most similar areas, with 27.6% of all households being single-person homes. While a typical home has 2.5 people, this figure has edged down since 2011. The area's family landscape is shaped by a mix of couples with children and a growing number of single parents.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 27.6% of people here live alone, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 25.6%. This number rose 4.3 percentage points since 2011. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.7% of the total.
27.6% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 59% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average. This figure rose 1.4 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children remain the largest group at 55.3%.
15.3% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.
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/SOS51/other-urban/topic/family-households