2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 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 or in single-parent homes in the Remainder of State/Territory compared to the national figures. This area is dominated by families, with over half of all households consisting of couples with children.
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.
Typical homes here hold 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and matches the Australian average. Only 22.4% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%.
22.4% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 85% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 41%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Families with couples and children make up 54.0% of the area. One-parent families are much less common here than in most other areas, accounting for just 10.1% of families.
10.1% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 93% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 54%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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/SOSR631/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households