2.7 ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.8
- 2016: 2.7
- 2021: 2.7
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Ashburton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Ashburton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much larger households than most similar areas define Ashburton, where the typical home holds 2.7 people. This trend is reflected in a family-heavy structure, with couples with children making up 68.5% of all families.
2.7
▼ -3.6%
- 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 Ashburton — higher than 86% of areas.
| Ashburton | 2.7 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than usual, though the number of people per home has edged down slightly since 2011 to 2.7. Only 24.2% of people live alone, which is much lower than most areas.
24.2% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Ashburton, the largest group is 2 people at 30%, followed by 1 person (24%) and 4 people (19%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 7.9% of the total, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011. Most families consist of couples with children, who account for 68.5% of the group.
7.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Ashburton, Couples with children is the majority at 69%; Couples without children is next at 23%.
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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50250/ashburton/topic/family-households