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Group, not single households on the rise: ABS 2011 census

By Jonathan Chancellor
Thursday, 21 June 2012

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.

 

Household composition

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


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