Group, not single households on the rise: ABS 2011 census
Despite anecdotal reports of the growing numbers of single-member households, the official data showed a slight decline in 2011 ABS census. There was an increase in the percentage of group households.
Australia | % | 2006 | % | |
Family households | 5,550,611 | 71.5 | 5,122,763 | 71.7 |
Single (or lone) person households | 1,888,697 | 24.3 | 1,740,481 | 24.4 |
Group households | 321,005 | 4.1 | 280,851 | 3.9 |
Jonathan Chancellor
Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.
