| Table 3.2 | |||||||||||||
| Average Number of Family Units1 per Household, 1983 to 2007-08 | |||||||||||||
| All Households | Percentages | ||||||||||||
| Number of Families per Household | 1983 | 1991-92 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 |
| One | 91 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 93 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 93 | 95 | 94 |
| Two | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Three or More | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ave Number of Family Units | 1.10 | 1.1 | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.10 | 1.07 | 1.08 |
| Base=100% | 3,233 | 3,380 | 3,278 | 3,014 | 3,246 | 3,024 | 3,028 | 3,009 | 2,910 | 2,958 | 2,803 | 2,810 | 2,733 |
| Source: Continuous Household Survey | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| 1 A Family Unit can consist of a single person or a married couple/lone parent and their never married children. | |||||||||||||
| All children regardless of age are included in the family unit of their parents providing they have never married | |||||||||||||
| and have no children of their own. | |||||||||||||