McCrindle Research has released AUSTRALIA STREET, a visual representation of our nation as a street of 100 households.Australia Street is a diverse place to live, a mix of cultures, generations, life-stages and professions. There are 260 people living on Australia Street, with an average of 2.6 people per household. It’s a far cry from 100 years ago when the average home had 4.5 residents, but makes sense when considering the average fertility rate among Australian women. In 1961 the average was 3.5; a figure has decreased to just 1.88 in 2011. Despite households decreasing, house sizes are on the rise! From 1976 to 2011 the proportion of dwellings with four or more bedrooms has risen from 17% to 31%, and the average number of bedrooms per dwelling has increased from 2.8 to 3.1! A reason for this increase might be that nearly 7 in 10 (69%) Australians believed having a bedroom per family member was a middle class staple and not only the domain of the elite.

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If Australia was a street of 100 households...
IN SIZE, AUSTRALIA ST. WOULD BE
AUSTRALIA ST. 200 METRES 52ND IN THE GLOBAL STREET DIRECTORY.
GROWING BY 3 METRES PER YEAR IN 2026 INDIA ST. WILL BE THE NEW NO. 1.
CHINA ST. 11.8 KILOMETRES
GROWING BY 60 METRES PER YEAR
INDIA ST. 10.6 KILOMETRES
GROWING BY 180 METRES PER YEAR

2. Year
10 Y11/12 Dip.
or
24% EDUCATION RATE
Cert. Degree % OF POPULATION (15-64) BY QUALIFICATION
22% 27% 27%
or
Post rad
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AVERAGE HOUSE PRICE
AV. HOUSE PRICE (SYD) : AV. ANNUAL INCOME
14% UNIT OR
APARTMENT
HOUSING TYPE
% HOUSEHOLDS BY DWELLING TYPE
HOME OWNERSHIP
1973 1993
76% 10% TERRACE OR
TOWNHOUSE
5x 6x DETACHED % HOUSEHOLDS BY TENURE
TO HOUSE
ANNUML
10 DA
36% 33% 31%
A ANN
INCO E INCOUAL Y
ME
A
x
260
IN NNU
CO A
ME L PAYING FULLY RENTING
MORTGAGE OWN
PEOPLE
45 DOGS 4 NEW RESIDENTS
PER YEAR
1.7 DEATHS...
AUSTRALIA ST. IS HOME TO 195 AUSTRALIA ST. EACH YEAR HAS AUSTRALIA ST. IS HOME TO:
VEHICLES
...AND 3.5 BIRTHS
252 FISH 27CATS HOUSEHOLD TYPES
% OF ALL HOUSEHOLDS
WILLIAM *
33% 30% 23% 11% 3% LILY *
100
HOUSEHOLDS * CURRENT NO. 1 BABY NAMES
NUCLEAR COUPLE, LIVING SINGLE GROUP
FAMILY NO KIDS ALONE PARENT LIVING
MARITAL STATUS
% ADULT POPULATION (18+), CURRENT STATUS
52% 30% 12% 6%
MARRIED NEVER MARRIED DIVORCED WIDOWED
Source: ABS, McCrindle Research © McCrindle Research 2013

3. LIFE STAGE = 12
POPULATION BY AGE (260 PEOPLE)
UNDER
18 AGE: 65+
WORKING AGE: 18 - 64
HOUSING MOBILITY VEHICLE OWNERSHIP HOUSEHOLDER PLACE OF BIRTH
AV. YEARS PER DWELLING BY TENURE % HOUSEHOLDS BY NO. OF VEHICLES % HOUSEHOLDS BY PARENT / ADULT BIRTHPLACE
BOTH AUST. NONE AUST.
BORN BORN
1.8Y 8Y 18Y
RENTING PAYING
MORTGAGE
FULLY
OWN 9% 37% 37% 17% 54% 34% 12% ONE
AUST.
BORN
NONE 1 2 3+
100 HOUSEHOLDS & 260 PEOPLE AUSTRALIA IS HOME TO 8.9M HOUSEHOLDS & 23M PEOPLE AUSTRALIA ST. EACH YEAR HAS
1.4 MARRIAGES
HOUSEHOLD WEALTH RELIGION
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD NET WORTH BY QUINTILE $2.2m % POPULATION BY RELIGION
$32k $196k $427k
$721k 61.1% 31.6% 2.5% 2.2% 2.6%
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$16,328 $27,248 $37,492 $50,700 $88,608 CHRISTIAN NO RELIGION BUDDHISM ISLAM OTHER
NOT STATED
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
AV. ANNUAL AFTER TAX HH INCOME BY QUINTILE (TO SCALE)
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AV. ADULT MID LIFE
32 LIVED YEARS
ADULT
(SINCE AGE 18) 32 YEARS
TO GO 34 LIVED YEARS
ADULT
(SINCE AGE 18) 34 YEARS
TO GO
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