2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 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.
Nearly 29% of people in Major Urban live alone, a figure well above the national average of 25.6%. This area has a varied mix of home lives, ranging from single-person households to larger families with children.
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.
The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.5. This household size has barely changed since 2011, with 33.8% of homes holding two people and 28.9% holding just one.
28.9% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 68% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (29%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average. Other family types include couples with children at 51.7% and couples without children at 30.0%.
17.1% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 78% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Major Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; 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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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/SOS60/major-urban/topic/family-households