2.4 → 0.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Albany · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Albany
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 30% of people in Albany live alone, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high number of single-person households, though overall home sizes remain typical for the region.
2.4
→ 0.0%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Albany — lower than 57% of areas.
| Albany | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.3% of residents live alone, which is well above the state and national figures and has risen since 2011. Most homes here house two people (37.3%), while the typical home has 2.4 people, matching the national average.
29.3% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Albany, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 51.1% of families in Albany. One-parent families account for 14.6%, a rate higher than most areas and slightly above the Western Australian average.
14.6% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Albany, Couples with children is the majority at 51%; Couples without children is next at 33%.
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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50080/albany/topic/family-households