2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Family & Households in Remainder of State/Territory
How families and households are made up across the area.
Household and family structures in the Remainder of State/Territory have remained remarkably stable since 2011. This area sees far fewer people living alone than most other similar regions. With 2.7 people per home, the typical household size here is slightly higher than the national figure.
2.7
→ 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 86% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20% of people live alone, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the 25.6% national figure. Two-person households are the most common at 38.7%, while 14.2% of homes hold four people.
20.0% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 57.7%. One-parent families account for 9.6% of the total, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and has barely changed since 2011.
9.6% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 95% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, Couples with children is the majority at 58%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR131/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households