3.0 ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 3.0
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.
A much lower rate of people living alone defines 499 or less, where only 14.3% of households are single-person. This area is dominated by larger living arrangements, with a typical home holding 3.0 people, which is a little above the national figure.
3.0
▲ +7.1%
- 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 91% of areas.
| 499 or less | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are among the most crowded at this level, with the number of people per home edging up to 3.0 since 2011. This explains why only 14.3% of people live alone, a figure far below the Australian average of 25.6%.
14.3% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In 499 or less, the largest group is 2 people at 32%, followed by 4 people (21%) and 3 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 66.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.4%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
8.4% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
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 67%; 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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR822/499-or-less/topic/family-households