3.6 ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.5
- 2016: 3.5
- 2021: 3.6
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.
Crowded homes are a defining feature of 499 or less, where the number of people per household is among the highest of any similar area. With an average of 3.6 people per home, this is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.6
▲ +2.9%
- 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 99% of areas.
| 499 or less | 3.6 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Very few people live alone here, at just 10.9%, which is far below the Australian average of 25.6%. Large households are common, with 23.1% of homes holding six or more people.
10.9% ▲ +36.2%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 28%, followed by 6 or more (22%) and 4 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 62.1% of families in the area. Only 7.5% of families are headed by a single parent, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
7.5% ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 62%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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/SOSR922/499-or-less/topic/family-households