2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 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.
Almost half of all families in Other Urban are couples with children, making it the most common family type. However, the area has a high number of people living alone and smaller households overall compared to most similar places.
2.3
→ 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 Other Urban — lower than 86% of areas.
| Other Urban | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Small households are common here, with 36% of homes holding two people and 31.9% just one person. This means the typical home holds 2.3 people, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.5.
31.9% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 91% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas and has risen slightly since 2011.
18.4% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 48%, followed by Couples without children (32%) and One-parent families (18%).
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/SOS61/other-urban/topic/family-households