2.4 ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Esperance · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Esperance
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost 30% of households in Esperance are occupied by people living alone, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a diverse mix of living arrangements where single-person homes are common alongside traditional family setups. Most homes house two or more people, though the typical household size has edged down slightly since 2011.
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 Esperance — lower than 57% of areas.
| Esperance | 2.4 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 29.3% of people live alone, which is well above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia. This number has risen 4.2 percentage points since 2011, while the usual number of people per home has dipped slightly to 2.4.
29.3% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Esperance, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (29%) and 3 people (13%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 54%, while 31.5% are couples without children. One-parent families account for 13.4% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Esperance, Couples with children is the majority at 54%; Couples without children is next at 32%.
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 Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53290/esperance/topic/family-households