3.7 ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.9
- 2016: 3.7
- 2021: 3.7
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.
Couples with children make up over half of all families in 499 or less. This area is defined by large households, with the typical home holding 3.7 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5. It is a place where few people live alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.7
▼ -5.1%
- 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 — higher than 99% of areas.
| 499 or less | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 24.6% of households containing six or more people. Only 20.5% of residents live alone, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2011.
20.5% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 90% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →499 or less splits fairly evenly between 6 or more (25%) and 2 people (22%), with 1 person at 21%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 27.1% of the total, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011, placing the area among the highest for this family type.
27.1% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 499 or less, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; One-parent families is next at 27%.
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/SOSR722/499-or-less/topic/family-households