2.0 —
Lower than 95% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
500 or more · Section of State Range
Family & Households in 500 or more
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 39% of people live alone in 500 or more, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the smallest households in the country. The typical home here is much smaller than the Australian average.
2.0
—
- 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 500 or more — lower than 95% of areas.
| 500 or more | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
People per home has edged down to 2.0, which is well below the national figure of 2.5. This is consistent with 38.5% of residents living alone, a figure that has risen since 2016 and is among the highest for similar areas.
38.5% —
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →500 or more splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 43.6% of families, while couples without children account for 41.3%. One-parent families make up 13.7% of the total, which is lower than most areas and has fallen since 2016.
13.7% —
Lower than 74% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →500 or more splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 14%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR921/500-or-more/topic/family-households