2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Irwin · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Irwin
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people live alone in Irwin than in most other Australian areas, with 30.4% of households consisting of a single person. This shift helps explain why the typical home here is smaller than the national figure. Across the region, there are now fewer people sharing each home than there were in 2011.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Irwin — lower than 86% of areas.
| Irwin | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is common here, with a share of single-person households that is well above the state and national figures. Consequently, the usual home has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas and down from 2.4 in 2011.
30.4% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Irwin, the largest group is 2 people at 41%, followed by 1 person (30%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 45.6% of families, while couples without children account for 40.4%. One-parent families make up 12.9% of the total, a figure that is about the same as the state average but has risen since 2011.
12.9% ▲ +23.7%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Irwin, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (40%) and One-parent families (13%).
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 Irwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54060/irwin/topic/family-households