4.5 ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4
- 2016: 3.9
- 2021: 4.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Home Island · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Home Island
How families and households are made up across the area.
Some of the largest households in the country are found on Home Island, where an average of 4.5 people live in each home. This is far above the national figure of 2.5, reflecting a community dominated by large family groups.
4.5
▲ +2.3%
- 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 Home Island — higher than 99% of areas.
| Home Island | 4.5 |
|---|---|
| 6799, OT | 3.8 |
| Other Territories | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Large homes are the norm here, with 32.5% of households containing six or more people. This helps explain why nobody lives alone on the island, a figure far below the 25.6% seen across Australia.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Home Island, the largest group is 6 or more at 30%, followed by 2 people (24%) and 3 people (17%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Family life is central to the island, with 66% of families consisting of couples with children. One-parent families make up only 3.1% of the total, which is far below the national figure of 14.1%.
3.1% ▲ +33.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Home Island, Couples with children is the majority at 67%; Couples without children is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Home Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL922001/home-island/topic/family-households