2.8 —
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Karratha · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Karratha
How families and households are made up across the area.
Larger households are the norm in Karratha, where the typical home holds 2.8 people. This is a bit higher than the state and national figures, reflecting a community where few people live on their own compared to the rest of the country.
2.8
—
- 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 Karratha — higher than 87% of areas.
| Karratha | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 21.6% of residents live alone, which is well below the Australian average of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 28.3%, while 20.4% of households contain four people.
21.6% —
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Karratha, the largest group is 2 people at 28%, followed by 1 person (22%) and 4 people (20%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families here at 69.8%. This helps explain why one-parent families are much less common at 8.9%, a figure well below the 14.1% national average.
8.9% —
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Karratha, Couples with children is the majority at 70%; Couples without children is next at 21%.
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54310/karratha/topic/family-households