2.3 ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Collie · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Collie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than 31% of people live alone in Collie, a figure well above the national average. This trend has grown over the last decade, contributing to a typical household size of 2.3 people, which is slightly lower than the state and national figures.
2.3
▼ -8.0%
- 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 Collie — lower than 71% of areas.
| Collie | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 31.3% of residents live by themselves, which is much higher than the 25.6% seen across Australia. This rise in single-person homes helps explain why the typical number of people per home has fallen from 2.5 in 2011 to 2.3 today.
31.3% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Collie splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 16.5% of the local total, a figure well above the Western Australian average of 13.5%. These households have become more common over time, rising by 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
16.5% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Collie, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (33%) and One-parent families (17%).
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 Collie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51890/collie/topic/family-households