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6224.0.55.001 - Labour Force, Australia: Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Families, Jun 2012 Quality Declaration 
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In this Issue
What is a Family?
How do we define a 'family' and what exactly are 'dependants'?
Australian Families
In June 2012, there were an estimated 6.4 million families in Australia with 19.4 million family members.
Couple Families
Of the 5.4 million couple families in Australia in June 2012, 79% had at least one partner employed.
One Parent Families
In June 2012, there were 961 thousand one parent families and 81% of these were single mothers.
Jobless Families
There were 1.3 million jobless families in June 2012 and one in every four had dependent children aged under 25 years.
Dependants aged 15 to 24
Australia had 1.4 million dependent students in June 2012.

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