2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
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.
Fewer people live alone in the Remainder of State/Territory compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where families are more common, with the typical home holding 2.5 people. This layout reflects a lifestyle where more residents live with partners or children rather than on their own.
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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 57% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 22.3% of people live by themselves, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 25.6%. While two-person homes are the most common at 40.1%, the typical number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011.
22.3% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 (22%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 57.2%, while one-parent families are among the lowest for this area level at 8.2%. This share of single-parent homes is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has barely changed over the last decade.
8.2% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 57%; Couples without children is next at 34%.
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/SOSR431/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households