2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
499 or less · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 499 or less
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in 499 or less than in previous years. This shift has contributed to a slight drop in the number of people per home, which now stands at 2.4. The area is also marked by a high proportion of one-parent families.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 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 499 or less — lower than 57% of areas.
| 499 or less | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 32.9% of people here live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and among the highest for similar areas. This is a growing trend, as the number of single-person homes rose 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
32.9% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 95% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →499 or less splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.2% of the area, a figure that is much higher than most other areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%. Nearly half of all families here are couples with children.
19.2% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 87% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 499 or less, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR522/499-or-less/topic/family-households