2.5 ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
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.
Nearly half of all families in the Remainder of State/Territory are couples with children. This area sees a high number of people living alone, though the typical home still holds 2.5 people.
2.5
▼ -26.5%
- 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 57% of areas.
| Remainder of State/Territory | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households make up 32.2% of the area, which is among the highest for similar regions and well above the national figure of 25.6%. While the usual home size is now 2.5 people, this is down from 3.4 in 2011.
32.2% ▲ +76.9%
Higher than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Remainder of State/Territory splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (31%), with 4 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families account for 18.6% of households, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average. This is a significant drop from 2011, when the share was 54.2%.
18.6% ▼ -65.7%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (19%).
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/SOSR931/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/family-households