2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 81% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
Only 21% of people live alone in the Remainder of State/Territory, a figure well below the national average. This region is dominated by larger households, with the typical home holding 2.6 people.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 81% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are much larger than in most similar areas. While 2.6 people per home is about the same as the national figure, it has edged down since 2011.
21.0% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 89% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
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 40%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are mostly traditional, with couples with children making up 57.7% of the total. One-parent families are among the lowest at this level, at 8.6%, which is well below the Australian figure.
8.6% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 33%.
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/SOSR231/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households