2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 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 the biggest family group in Major Urban, where 58.8% of families fit this description. This area sees a higher number of people sharing homes than most similar places. While the typical household size is about the same as the national figure, there are fewer people living alone here than across Australia.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 in Major Urban are more crowded than in most similar areas, with 2.6 people per home, though this is just above the national figure of 2.5. The number of people living alone has risen to 24.1% since 2011, but this remains a little below the Australian average.
24.1% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 66% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 32%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 3 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 15.2% of the total, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the national average. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
15.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 58% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Major Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; 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/SOS70/major-urban/topic/family-households