2.5 —
Higher than 57% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Rest of WA · Capital City
Family & Households in Rest of WA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over half of all families in Rest of WA consist of couples with children. This reflects a balanced household landscape where the typical home contains 2.5 people, a figure that has remained steady over the last five years.
2.5
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- 1.5: 1 area
- 1.6: 0 areas
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 0 areas
- 1.9: 0 areas
- 2.0: 0 areas
- 2.1: 0 areas
- 2.2: 0 areas
- 2.3: 3 areas
- 2.4: 4 areas
- 2.5: 4 areas
- 2.6: 4 areas
- 2.7: 1 area
- 2.8: 0 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 0 areas
- 3.1: 1 area
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Rest of WA — higher than 57% of areas.
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 36.1%. While the number of people living alone has risen slightly to 27.4%, this is only a little above the national figure of 25.6%.
27.4% —
Higher than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Rest of WA, the largest group is 2 people at 36%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 54.2% of families, while 30.6% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 14.2%, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
14.2% —
Lower than 61% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Rest of WA, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Rest of WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/5RWAU/rest-of-wa/topic/family-households