2.0 ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Texas · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Texas
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much smaller households than most similar areas define Texas (L), where just 2.0 people live in the typical home. This shift toward smaller living arrangements is driven by a high number of people living alone.
2.0
▼ -20.0%
- 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 Texas — lower than 86% of areas.
| Texas | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4385 crosses QLD/NSW | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 40.8% of people here live alone, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen by 15 points since 2011. Consequently, the typical home size has dropped from 2.5 people in 2011 to just 2.0 today.
40.8% ▲ +57.5%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Texas splits fairly evenly between 1 person (42%) and 2 people (38%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 41.5% of families, while those without children account for 40.0%. One-parent families represent 14.5% of the total, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
14.5% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →Texas splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (42%) and Couples without children (41%), with One-parent families at 15%.
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 Texas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321101/texas/topic/family-households