2.3 → 0.0%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 20,000 to 49,999
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in 20,000 to 49,999 than in most similar areas, with 30.6% of all households consisting of just one person. This trend creates a smaller typical household size compared to the national figure. Family structures here also differ from the norm, particularly with a higher proportion of single parents.
2.3
→ 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 20,000 to 49,999 — lower than 86% of areas.
| 20,000 to 49,999 | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in this area has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is driven by the high number of single-person households, which make up 30.6% of the total and is well above the national average.
30.6% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →20,000 to 49,999 splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 18.0% of the total, a figure that is well above the national average and has risen since 2011. More than half of all families here are couples with children, accounting for 52.3%.
18.0% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 75% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 20,000 to 49,999, Couples with children is the majority at 52%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR412/20-000-to-49-999/topic/family-households