2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 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.
Nearly 30% of people in Other Urban live alone, a rate well above the national figure. This is a place where single-person households are common, yet families with children still make up the biggest group. The typical home here holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as across Australia.
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.
Single-person homes are more common here than in most areas, rising 5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 29.3%. While 29.1% of households have two people, the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly to 2.5.
29.3% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Most families in Other Urban are couples with children, making up 65.3% of the group. Only 8.7% are one-parent families, which is much lower than in most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 95% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Urban, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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/SOS91/other-urban/topic/family-households