2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 20,000 to 49,999
How families and households are made up across the area.
A much higher proportion of people live alone in 20,000 to 49,999 than in the rest of the country. While the typical home holds about 2.4 people, the area is marked by a significant number of single-person households and one-parent families.
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: 1 area
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 5 areas
- 2.3: 20 areas
- 2.4: 11 areas
- 2.5: 15 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 4 areas
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 0 areas
- 3.4: 0 areas
- 3.5: 1 area
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 0 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
All section of state range areas, 2021. The marker is 20,000 to 49,999 — lower than 57% of areas.
| 20,000 to 49,999 | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.4% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen slightly since 2011. This means nearly a third of all homes are single-person households.
30.4% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 70% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →20,000 to 49,999 splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (30%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
18.4% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 20,000 to 49,999, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR112/20-000-to-49-999/topic/family-households