2.5 ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Exmouth · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Exmouth
How families and households are made up across the area.
Much lower rates of one-parent families are a standout feature of Exmouth, where only 8.5% of families fit this description. The area is largely made up of couples, both with and without children. Most homes here hold a typical number of people compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
▲ +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 Exmouth — higher than 71% of areas.
| Exmouth | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 35.6% of households consist of two people, while 25.7% are single-person homes. With 2.5 people per home, the typical household size in Exmouth is about the same as the state and national figures.
25.7% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Exmouth, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.9%, followed by couples without children at 34.6%. The 8.5% of one-parent families is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and has fallen since 2011.
8.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Exmouth, Couples with children is the majority at 56%; Couples without children is next at 35%.
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 Exmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53360/exmouth/topic/family-households