Cuballing · Council (LGA)

Family & Households in Cuballing

How families and households are made up across the area.

Fewer people live in each home in Cuballing than the state and national figures, where the typical household has 2.3 people. This reflects a residential pattern where nearly half of all households consist of just two people. The area has seen a steady rise in people living alone over the last decade.

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📍 Cuballing, Council (LGA)

Where Cuballing sits — Average household size

2.3 ▼ -4.2%
  • 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 Cuballing — lower than 71% of areas.

Average household size compared with the state and national average
Cuballing2.3
Rest of WA 2.5
Western Australia 2.5
Australia 2.5

Households

Average household size.

About 27.3% of people live alone, a figure that has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011 and is a little above the Western Australian average. Two-person households are the most common, making up 45.4% of the total.

2.3 ▼ -4.2%

Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 2.4
  • 2016: 2.2
  • 2021: 2.3

Average number of people usually resident per household.

27.3% ▲ +16.9%

Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 23.4%
  • 2016: 28.8%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of households that are a single person living alone.

Household size

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In Cuballing, the largest group is 2 people at 46%, followed by 1 person (27%) and 3 people (11%).

Families

Family types and one-parent families.

Couples with children make up 44.8% of families, while those without children account for 43.2%. One-parent families represent 11.5% of the total, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

11.5% ▲ +15.1%

Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 10.0%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 11.5%

Share of people who live in one-parent families.

Family composition

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Cuballing splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (44%) and Couples without children (43%), with One-parent families at 11%.

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 Cuballing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52310/cuballing/topic/family-households