2.4 ▼ -17.2%
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Other Territories · State / Territory
Family & Households in Other Territories
How families and households are made up across the area.
2.4
▼ -17.2%
- 2.4: 3 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 1 area
- 2.7: 0 areas
- 2.8: 1 area
All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Other Territories.
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Households in Other Territories average 2.4 people, down 17.2% since 2011. 32.1% of households in Other Territories are single-person households, up 62.3% since 2011 (above the national 25.6%).
The most common household size is 2 people at 35%, ahead of 1 person (32%).
32.1% ▲ +62.3%
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Other Territories splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (32%), with 3 people at 12%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 11.7% of families in Other Territories, down 2.4% since 2011 (below the national 14.1%).
The most common family composition is Couples with children at 54%, ahead of Couples without children (33%).
11.7% ▼ -2.4%
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Other Territories, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Other Territories [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/9/other-territories/topic/family-households