3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 3.0
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.
Larger households are a standout feature of the Remainder of State/Territory, where 3.0 people live in the typical home. This figure is a little above the national average of 2.5. This area has a strong focus on multi-person homes, with far fewer people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
3.0
→ 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 91% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 20.6% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6%. Two-person households are the most common at 31.9%, while 9.2% of homes contain six or more people.
20.6% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 90% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 32%, followed by 1 person (21%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 58.9%. One-parent families account for 14.9% of the total, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national average.
14.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 61% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 59%; Couples without children is next at 25%.
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/SOSR731/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households