2.9 → 0.0%
Higher than 92% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
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.
Larger households are a common feature of daily life in Other Urban, where the typical home holds 2.9 people. This is much higher than most similar areas, reflecting a place where families and shared living are more frequent than the national average.
2.9
→ 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 — higher than 92% of areas.
| Other Urban | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often more crowded than elsewhere, with 10.4% holding six or more people. While 25.2% of people live alone—a figure that has risen slightly since 2011—the overall number of people per home has remained steady at 2.9.
25.2% ▲ +4.9%
Lower than 58% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 2 people (27%) and 1 person (25%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.5% of the area, which is among the highest for its level and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Most families are couples with children, who account for 57.8% of the total.
20.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 94% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; One-parent families is next at 21%.
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/SOS71/other-urban/topic/family-households