3.3 ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7
- 2016: 3.2
- 2021: 3.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Halls Creek · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Halls Creek
How families and households are made up across the area.
A far higher proportion of single-parent families live in Halls Creek than in the rest of the country. The area is known for large households, with a typical home holding 3.3 people, which is well above the national figure of 2.5.
3.3
▼ -10.8%
- 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 Halls Creek — higher than 94% of areas.
| Halls Creek | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Halls Creek has some of the highest household sizes across similar areas, though the typical number of people per home has fallen from 3.7 in 2011 to 3.3. About 18.7% of homes house six or more people, while those living alone make up 27.1% of the total.
27.1% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Halls Creek, the largest group is 1 person at 27%, followed by 6 or more (19%) and 2 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 36.7% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children account for 47.7% of families.
36.7% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Halls Creek, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by One-parent families (37%) and Couples without children (11%).
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 Halls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53920/halls-creek/topic/family-households