2.6 ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 81% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Remainder of State/Territory, accounting for 56.3% of all families. This area has a strong focus on family living, with far fewer people living alone than the national average. The typical home holds 2.6 people, a figure that has edged down slightly since 2011.
2.6
▼ -3.7%
- 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 81% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most other areas, with 2.6 people per dwelling. Only 20.4% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%, although this has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
20.4% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 90% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family structures are dominated by couples, with 56.3% having children and 34.5% without. One-parent families make up just 8.5% of the total, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
8.5% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 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/SOSR531/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households