2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Donnybrook-Balingup · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Donnybrook-Balingup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Fewer people are living in each home in Donnybrook-Balingup than they were in 2011. While the area has a high number of couples with children, it stands out for having far fewer one-parent families than most other Australian regions.
2.4
▼ -4.0%
- 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 Donnybrook-Balingup — lower than 57% of areas.
| Donnybrook-Balingup | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home holds 2.4 people, which is about the same as the national figure. While 24.5% of residents live alone—a figure that has risen since 2011—this is still much lower than in most other areas.
24.5% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Donnybrook-Balingup, the largest group is 2 people at 43%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Half of all families are couples with children, and another 38.9% are couples without children. Only 10.3% are one-parent families, which is well below the state and national figures.
10.3% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Donnybrook-Balingup, the largest group is Couples with children at 50%, followed by Couples without children (39%) and One-parent families (10%).
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 Donnybrook-Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52870/donnybrook-balingup/topic/family-households