2.9 ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1
- 2016: 3.0
- 2021: 2.9
Average number of people usually resident per household.
East Pilbara · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in East Pilbara
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people share a home in East Pilbara than in most similar areas. The typical household here has 2.9 people, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. While the number of people per home has edged down since 2011, families with children still make up the bulk of the local population.
2.9
▼ -6.5%
- 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 East Pilbara — higher than 89% of areas.
| East Pilbara | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are often crowded, with 2.9 people per household and 8.6% of homes housing six or more people. Meanwhile, the proportion of people living alone has risen to 26.2% since 2011, which is now about the same as the rest of Australia.
26.2% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →East Pilbara splits fairly evenly between 1 person (26%) and 2 people (26%), with 4 people at 16%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children are the most common family type, making up 63.9% of all families. One-parent families account for 14.1% of the total, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011 and sits about the same as the national average.
14.1% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In East Pilbara, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 East Pilbara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53220/east-pilbara/topic/family-households