3.0 ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7
- 2016: 3.1
- 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.
Fewer people live alone in the Remainder of State/Territory compared to the national average, with a typical household size of 3.0 people. This reflects a regional trend toward larger living arrangements, as the number of people per home has climbed since 2011.
3.0
▲ +11.1%
- 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 Remainder of State/Territory — higher than 91% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 18.8% of people live alone, which is well below the Australian figure of 25.6% and among the lowest for similar areas. Most homes house two people (34.1%), while 8% of households are quite large with six or more residents.
18.8% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 94% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 35%, followed by 1 person (20%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up over half of all families at 54.5%. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the national average but has risen 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
14.1% ▲ +47.7%
Lower than 71% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 29%.
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/SOSR831/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households