[infogram id=”_/lgkRKanBfWO52R4xbepQ” prefix=”E6r” format=”interactive” title=”Fig.6_Australia’s population by family type (2016)”]

The largest family type is couples with children, at 44% of all households, followed by couples without children and ‘other’ households (including sibling households, multiple family households, and share households), both at 20%. Single person households (most of whom are over 64 years) comprise 9% of the population, and sole parents, 7%.