2.9 ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Little River · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Little River
How families and households are made up across the area.
Only 9.6% of people in Little River live alone, which is far below the national figure of 25.6%. This makes it a place where very few people live by themselves compared to most other areas. Instead, the area is dominated by larger households and family groups.
2.9
▼ -9.4%
- 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 Little River — higher than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, with 2.9 people per home compared to 2.5 across Australia. This figure has dropped slightly since 2011, but the area still has among the lowest rates of single-person households for its level.
9.6% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Little River, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 3 people (19%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the majority of families at 58.0%. One-parent families account for 16.0% of the total, a figure that is a little above the national average and has risen by 11 points since 2011.
16.0% ▲ +192.1%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Little River, Couples with children is the majority at 59%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
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 Little River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222045/little-river/topic/family-households