2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
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.
More people are living alone in 20,000 to 49,999 than in 2011, though the typical household size remains steady. This area is home to many larger homes, with an average of 2.5 people per dwelling, which is higher than most similar areas.
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: 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 — higher than 57% of areas.
| 20,000 to 49,999 | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 27.4% of people live alone, a figure that has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011 and is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common, making up 34.2% of all homes.
27.4% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 20,000 to 49,999, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 55.9%. One-parent families account for 15.8% of the total, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% but has fallen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
15.8% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 50% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 56%; Couples without children is next at 27%.
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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR212/20-000-to-49-999/topic/family-households