2.5 → 0.0%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Gnowangerup · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Gnowangerup
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up 60.6% of families in Gnowangerup, the most common family type in the area. This is a community where family-based living is very strong, with fewer people living alone and a very low rate of one-parent households compared to the rest of the country.
2.5
→ 0.0%
- 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 Gnowangerup — higher than 71% of areas.
| Gnowangerup | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Gnowangerup holds 2.5 people, which is higher than most areas and consistent with state and national figures. While two-person households are most common at 37.3%, the share of people living alone has fallen to 26.3% since 2011.
26.3% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Gnowangerup, the largest group is 2 people at 37%, followed by 1 person (26%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up only 6.7% of the total, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages. This is among the lowest rates seen at this level and represents a 3.7 percentage point drop since 2011.
6.7% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Gnowangerup, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53640/gnowangerup/topic/family-households