2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
500 or more · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 500 or more
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest group in 500 or more, where 52.4% of families fit this description. This area has a high number of single-person homes and smaller typical household sizes compared to other similar regions.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 500 or more — lower than 86% of areas.
| 500 or more | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 30.8% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. This helps explain why the typical home holds only 2.3 people, a figure that is a little below the Australian average and has edged down since 2011.
30.8% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 76% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 500 or more, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 12.1% of the total, which is much lower than in most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011.
12.1% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 500 or more, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR221/500-or-more/topic/family-households