2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
4,999 or less · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 4,999 or less
How families and households are made up across the area.
Most areas like this have fewer people per home than 4,999 or less, where typical households hold 2.5 people. This area is largely made up of couples with children, though the number of people living alone has grown since 2011.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 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 4,999 or less — higher than 57% of areas.
| 4,999 or less | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6%. While most homes have two or three people, the typical household size has edged down slightly from 2.6 in 2011 to 2.5.
29.3% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →4,999 or less splits fairly evenly between 1 person (30%) and 2 people (30%), with 3 people at 15%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of the area at 65.3%. Only 8.7% of families are one-parent households, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
8.7% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 4,999 or less, Couples with children is the majority at 65%; Couples without children is next at 26%.
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 4,999 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR915/4-999-or-less/topic/family-households