Households

1. Households, persons in the households and average number of persons per household by residence and census years
(Number)
Census years Total Urban Rural
households persons in the households average number of members per household households persons in the households average number of members per household households persons in the households average number of members per household
1900 663 978 3 719 654 5.6 163 579 721 330 4.4 500 399 2 998 324 6.0
1905 707 501 4 010 437 5.7 177 361 762 296 4.3 530 140 3 248 141 6.1
1910 773 544 4 256 206 5.5 198 007 787 580 4.0 575 537 3 468 626 6.0
1920 916 113 4 829 884 5.3 241 073 942 173 3.9 675 040 3 887 711 5.8
1926 1 098 364 5 440 109 5.0 304 329 1 103 354 3.6 794 035 4 336 755 5.5
1934 1 284 993 6 027 408 4.7 365 059 1 276 770 3.5 919 934 4 750 638 5.2
1946 1 750 679 6 910 672 3.9 585 533 1 747 671 3.0 1 165 146 5 163 001 4.4
1956 2 237 895 7 588 524 3.4 906 988 2 513 048 2.8 1 330 907 5 075 476 3.8
1965 2 542 480 8 119 894 3.2 1 290 554 3 761 896 2.9 1 251 926 4 357 998 3.5
1975 2 755 022 8 608 514 3.1 1 654 379 4 989 228 3.0 1 100 643 3 619 286 3.3
1985 3 030 303 8 909 421 3.0 1 999 456 5 787 188 2.9 1 030 847 3 122 233 3.1
1992 2 964 577 8 418 624 2.8 1 989 211 5 657 765 2.8 975 366 2 760 859 2.8
2001 2 921 887 7 848 395 2.7 1 994 781 5 416 424 2.7 927 106 2 431 971 2.6
2011 3 005 589 7 296 459 2.4 2 202 498 5 287 323 2.4 803 091 2 009 136 2.5