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.
4,999 or less · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 4,999 or less
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live in each home in 4,999 or less than in most similar areas. While the typical household has 2.5 people, about 16.8% of families are led by a single parent, which is a higher rate than in most peer regions.
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 4,999 or less — higher than 57% of areas.
| 4,999 or less | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most similar areas, though the 2.5 people per household is about the same as the national figure. Single-person households make up 26.8% of the total, a figure that has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011.
26.8% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 60% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 4,999 or less, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children are the most common at 50.8%. One-parent families make up 16.8% of the total, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
16.8% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 61% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4,999 or less, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 4,999 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR315/4-999-or-less/topic/family-households