2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.6
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Arthurs Seat · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Arthurs Seat
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest share of homes in Arthurs Seat (L), accounting for 58.9% of all families. This is a place where family living is very common, with few people living alone compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Arthurs Seat — higher than 64% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Two people live in 43.9% of homes, while only 18.9% of people live alone. This is much lower than the national figure of 25.6%, and the typical home size of 2.5 people has barely changed since 2011.
18.9% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Arthurs Seat, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 3 people (15%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up just 3.5% of the community, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas and far below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
3.5% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Arthurs Seat, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 36%.
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 Arthurs Seat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222002/arthurs-seat/topic/family-households