Durack · Federal Electorate

Family & Households in Durack

How families and households are made up across the area.

Over a quarter of all households in Durack consist of people living alone, a figure that has risen since 2011. This makes the area more likely to have single-person homes than most other regions. While family types vary, the typical home across the region holds 2.5 people.

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📍 Durack, Federal Electorate

Where Durack sits — Average household size

2.5 → 0.0%
  • 1.5: 1 area
  • 1.6: 0 areas
  • 1.7: 1 area
  • 1.8: 0 areas
  • 1.9: 2 areas
  • 2.0: 1 area
  • 2.1: 1 area
  • 2.2: 3 areas
  • 2.3: 23 areas
  • 2.4: 27 areas
  • 2.5: 26 areas
  • 2.6: 22 areas
  • 2.7: 16 areas
  • 2.8: 8 areas
  • 2.9: 9 areas
  • 3.0: 5 areas
  • 3.1: 6 areas
  • 3.2: 2 areas
  • 3.3: 1 area

All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Durack — lower than 57% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Durack2.5
Rest of WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 26.7% of people live alone, which is a little above the national figure of 25.6%. This is the most common household size after two-person homes, which make up 34.5% of the area.

2.5 → 0.0%

Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.5
  • 2016: 2.6
  • 2021: 2.5

Average number of people usually resident per household.

26.7% ▲ +16.7%

Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 22.9%
  • 2016: 26.0%
  • 2021: 26.7%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Durack, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

One-parent families make up 15.3% of the total, a figure that is a little above the Western Australian average and has risen since 2011. Couples with children are the most common family type at 55.2%.

15.3% ▲ +16.5%

Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 13.1%
  • 2016: 14.9%
  • 2021: 15.3%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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In Durack, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 28%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED506/durack/topic/family-households