2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Busselton · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Busselton
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people live alone in Busselton compared to most similar areas, making it a place where households are often larger. About 24.9% of residents live by themselves, while the typical home holds 2.5 people. This has remained steady since 2011.
2.5
→ 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 Busselton — higher than 71% of areas.
| Busselton | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Two-person homes are the most common at 38.7%. While the proportion of people living alone has risen by 2.1 points since 2011 to reach 24.9%, this is still much lower than most other similar areas.
24.9% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Busselton, the largest group is 2 people at 39%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Over half of families in Busselton are couples with children, at 53.6%. One-parent families make up 12.5% of the total, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
12.5% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Busselton, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; 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 Busselton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51260/busselton/topic/family-households