2.6 → 0.0%
Higher than 81% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.6
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.
A higher share of one-parent families than the national average defines the household makeup in 20,000 to 49,999. While the typical home size remains steady, family structures here differ notably from the rest of the country.
2.6
→ 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 — higher than 81% of areas.
| 20,000 to 49,999 | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes in this area typically hold 2.6 people, which is much higher than most similar areas. About 27% of households are people living alone, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
27.0% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 59% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 (30%) and 1 person (27%), with 3 people at 18%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 17.8% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. Most families here are couples with children, who account for 56.5% of the total.
17.8% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 71% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 56%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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/SOSR712/20-000-to-49-999/topic/family-households