2.7 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
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.
More than half of all families in Remainder of State/Territory are couples with children. This broad region has a strong family focus, with far fewer people living alone than the national average.
2.7
→ 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 86% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are typically larger than in most areas, with 2.7 people per household. Only 19.8% of people live alone, which is well below the national figure of 25.6%.
19.8% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 (20%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family units are common here, with couples with children making up 55.7% of the total. One-parent families account for 10.2%, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
10.2% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 93% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 56%; 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/SOSR331/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households