2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.6
Average number of people usually resident per household.
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 1 million or more
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define 1 million or more, where an average of 2.6 people live in each home. This high number is driven by a strong presence of families with children, making it a place where larger living arrangements are more common than in other top-level regions.
2.6
→ 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 1 million or more — higher than 81% of areas.
| 1 million or more | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 31.2%, while 25.1% of people live alone. The typical household size has stayed steady at 2.6 people since 2011, which is about the same as the national figure.
25.1% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 1 million or more, the largest group is 2 people at 31%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group of families at 62.0%. Only 12.9% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average.
12.9% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 80% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 1 million or more, Couples with children is the majority at 62%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR201/1-million-or-more/topic/family-households