2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 1 million or more
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than half of all families in 1 million or more are couples with children, making them the most common household type. This area reflects a typical Australian mix of family structures, with most homes housing about two or three people.
2.4
→ 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 1 million or more — lower than 57% of areas.
| 1 million or more | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure and has barely changed since 2011. About 28.4% of residents live alone, a figure slightly above the Australian average.
28.4% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 51% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →1 million or more splits fairly evenly between 2 people (33%) and 1 person (28%), with 3 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 56.5% of families, while 15.4% are one-parent families. This share of single parents is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
15.4% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 55% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 1 million or more, 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR401/1-million-or-more/topic/family-households