2.0 ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1
- 2016: 2.0
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Halifax · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Halifax
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people share a roof in Halifax, where small households are now the norm. The typical home holds only 2.0 people, a figure well below the national average of 2.5. This shift is driven by a sharp rise in people living alone, who now make up over a third of all households.
2.0
▼ -4.8%
- 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 Halifax — lower than 86% of areas.
| Halifax | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 4850, QLD | 2.2 |
| Queensland | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 34.6% of residents live alone, which is well above the national figure of 25.6% and has risen 15 points since 2011. This explains why the typical home is much smaller than in most areas, with 42.7% of households containing two people.
34.6% ▲ +78.2%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Halifax, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (35%) and 4 people (11%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.1% of the area, a figure that is well above the Australian average and rose 8.3 points since 2011. Most families here are couples, with 43.6% being without children and 38.2% having children.
17.1% ▲ +94.5%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Halifax, the largest group is Couples without children at 43%, followed by Couples with children (37%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Halifax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322055/halifax/topic/family-households